Inside Deep Throat

Wow. I thought this documentary would be just a sensational documentary about a sensational porn film that ushered the porn business & industry that exist in the US. And I thought I had seen Deep Throat when I clearly didn't. (I admit that I've seen share of my own porn films.) So I watched this documentary with great interest and found convincing case of historical turning point for the US culture when the film was made and afterwards.

Porn gets no respect, but it sure gets money. The problem in these days that porn is no longer rebel, artistic, or any 'redeeming' value except for quick sexual relief, just like our consumer society that's deluged with quick, eager satisfactions.

"Every wants to censor something." It was especially funny to find that Nixon, the most unpopular president in the US history, right after George Bush 2nd by recent CNN pool, claimed moral high standard to clean up smut when he and his commission failed to prove, scientifically, the porn was negatively affecting adult's minds. Whenever someone claims moral standard to crusade against anything, that's politically motivated move that benefits none except politicians to grab more power from the people. Yeah, Adolf Hitler name came up few times in the film. The conclusion is unsurprisingly, the censorship only degrades the people and the censor into darker path that none of the involved wants. If there's no open discussion, the matter becomes repressed taboo that binds people. There was no sexual revolution or liberation, so Americans continue their hidden, secret agenda with sex. Yeah, so this documentary gets two thumbs up for any rebel artists everywhere, asking people to think beyond sex when it's clearly part of being a human.

p.s. With so many 'sex' in this post, I'm sure this post will get so many hits.

p.s.s. Agenda: find a copy of Deep Throat at watch it.

p.s.s.s. Sex sells period