Porno Chic - Inside Deep Throat

Just saw the documentary Inside Deep Throat. It was really fascinating. Deep Throat itself was before my time, and I suppose many people my age now take access to porn for granted. Back then, going to see this movie was a revolutionary act. Sex just wasn't something talked about in public all that much in the early 70s, so that people went to see this movie in droves was really a cultural revolution. Inside Deep Throat was less about Deep Throat itself and more about the politics that surrounded it: censorship being the biggest issue on the table.

Over 30 years after Deep Throat was made, censorship is still a burr in the fur of our society (for Canada's censorship issues, read up on The Butler Decision of 1992 [each of the links will take you different sources of info on Butler]). It's a huge issue and there are lots of grey areas. If you're interested in any of them, check out the movie. Not only is it a small lesson in censorship laws in the US in the second half of the 20th Century, it's also incredibly hilarious and tragic by turns. And there are also breasts, vaginas and penises in the movie (*gasp*), so if any of these offend you, steer clear!