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Word: sextravaganza (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2002-2002
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...happened that the Film Comment sextravaganza appeared just as erotic movies had evolved from soft- to hard-core. (The issue also included a Brendan Gill essay, in which the New Yorker theater critic proposed the superiority of fellation to cunnilingus as a visual trope in porn films.) "Deep Throat," which had opened the previous summer, was the "Immoral Mr. Teas" of hard-core: a gimmick comedy photographed in cheery primary colors and rendered harmless (and popular) by the amiable mugging of star Harry Reems, the Groucho of sex films...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thanks for the Mammaries | 8/2/2002 | See Source »

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