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Adult Entertainment: Disrobing an American Idol (2007)

April. 25,2007
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A fresh social and political look at the $57 billion-a-year Adult Entertainment Industry and its affects on 3 subjects who agree to view porn 1 hour a day for 30 days. Shady strip club owners, angry strippers, crass porn stars, top-of-their-game experts and 3 unknowing subjects hammer out an uncomfortable look into the soul of the porn biz. Director Lance Tracy, IMDB (Best Director, NY International Film & Video Festival, 5-Telly winner) maturely balances humor, shocking honesty, science and entertainment. Is porn really addictive? Are children being sexually exploited? Who should teach sex education? How much of responsibility should the porn industry take to provide treatment for potentially addicted customers? Is porn a healthy sexual arousal tool for consenting adults? The film explores possible answers to these hard questions, providing an unexpected conclusion.

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Sexyloutak
2007/04/25

Absolutely the worst movie.

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Robert Joyner
2007/04/26

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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Tyreece Hulme
2007/04/27

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

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Phillipa
2007/04/28

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

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Protek
2007/04/29

Pornography is such a huge business today it dominates the U.S. psyche like few others. On the other hand, one has to appreciate just how difficult it is for the average person today to view this subject in a truly objective fashion, when so many now enjoy pornography on a regular basis. This reflects the prevailing pro-porn mythology. This myth teaches that regular porn usage is harmless but this is in no way the whole story. This documentary, although not exhaustive, studies the effects of just 30 days of regular hardcore porn usage on 3 adults. Its findings mirror other more exhaustive scientific studies that show that pornography has real adverse effects on important issues like mental health, respect for marriage, respect for women as well as tolerance for sexual crimes like rape and pedophilia. This is a deep subject and one which should not be taken lightly. If you are able to put pro-porn bias aside, there is much to learn from this well-done documentary. One of the most shocking things is how many famous mainstream corporations are now discreetly in the hardcore porn business!

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Nitzer37
2007/04/30

This is the most sexist movie I've ever seen in my life. It tries to appear unbiased but doesn't maintain that standard in any meaningful way throughout the movie. It continuously says that porn is harmful to women but only shows two women who have had any negative side-effect from their work in the sex industry. It blatantly ignores women's sexuality. It portrays wives as the nagging stereotype I haven't seen since old sitcoms. It completely ignores women's choice in this industry without a problem. And apparently it thinks that the only problem with women in the sex industry is that the men in their lives wouldn't want them to be there.

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popculturejunkie1975
2007/05/01

This documentary attempts and pretends to show a controlled experiment on the effects of porn on those who watch it. It starts out as though it will be objective in it's application of said experiment, however by the end you'll find that it was mostly catered to come to a predetermined conclusion, that porn adversely effects those who watch it. The main "scientific experiment" that is conducted consists of one heterosexual male, and one heterosexual couple. Each male (and only the male)is required to watch and partake in a set of various erotic and sexual mediums, including videos, magazines, internet sites, sex shops and clubs, over a 30-day period. They are also given questionnaires throughout that period to fill out as part of the study. One major problem, only the males partake in the "porn", the wife takes no part in experiencing it. So it's not a couple experiencing it together, but a husband watching and partaking in the erotic mediums. And then the wife dealing with it separately. They also completely avoid having a single female involved in the experiment, or having any homosexual individuals or couples to take part in viewing pornography. If that's not a skewed scientific experiment, I don't know what is. The rest of the film consists of small edited interviews with various "experts" of human sexuality, that are simply weighed toward the conclusion that pornography has adverse effects. And finally that the government should step in and require the porn industry to pay more taxes on their profits to pay for sex education(leaning toward abstinence only) and sex addiction therapy! No mention of pornography effects in other parts of the world either. Horrible documentary

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beautiful_suburban_midnight
2007/05/02

Though it started out as an interesting documentary, it fast became a "DON'T LOOK AT PORN" and "THIS IS BAD." and there were so many different routes that the filmmaker could have gone down but ignored.For example, as much as he spoke about women's degradation and spoke to women who viewed porn as evil and disgusting, he failed to speak to women who enjoy porn. Not to mention the entire homosexual population. The only mention that gays got at all was a bookshop owner talking about buttplugs, and a few mentions here and there when talking about porn scenes. It could've been so much more, but ended up feeling like a 50's propaganda piece.

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