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PERCY HAS a computer in his head, apparently. More unfolds the water-supply plot with the symmetry and cunning of a Creole Hercule Poirot. But agents more intimidating than Bionic Bridge players lie at the end of the molar-mystery. More discovers a kiddie-porn racket which Percy depicts too graphically for my taste...
Percy extends the metaphor to man. We all drink the water. We're all zonked out on our separate somas. But Percy's kiddie-porn portrait shocks without edifying. The metaphor, a valid one, is too sensationally packaged. Why stoop to conquer? Why exploit to elevate? Percy's better than this...
...looking like an ape. Art is the saving grace by which any nasty Croesus with more money than he knows what to do with can look virtuous. It confers an oily sheen of spiritual transcendence and cultural responsibility upon individual and corporation alike. That is why even a soft-porn merchant like Bob Guccione, publisher of Penthouse magazine, is now a "major" collector...
Though many feminists oppose all X-rated material, some seem willing to accept couples films, at least in principle. "If this porn is the new erotica that appeals to women, then I think it's terrific," says Gloria Steinem. Betty Friedan, a longtime opponent of censorship, says, "Any romantic, exploring, playful or humorous depictions of sex are O.K. with me." Women- oriented hard core will never eclipse the darker forms of porn, but as Porn Star Dare says, more and more people do not mind watching "things that couples would do when they get home...
...VCRs bring X- rated films into the bedroom, women are developing a taste for porn and pushing for a softer, less sexist product...