Prologue: Porn, Feminism & the folly of NC-17 (Erotic 90’s, Part 1)

2023-03-28 · 85 min · episode 200 · 6 entities

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ginning of the 90s and the “End of History” (10:36) From Last Tango in Paris to The Unbearable Lightness of Being (17:06) Harvey Weinstein, Wild At Heart, and the BIrth of NC-17 (25:02) Philip
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ginning of the 90s and the “End of History” (10:36) From Last Tango in Paris to The Unbearable Lightness of Being (17:06) Harvey Weinstein, Wild At Heart, and the BIrth of NC-17 (25:02) Philip
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ginning of the 90s and the “End of History” (10:36) From Last Tango in Paris to The Unbearable Lightness of Being (17:06) Harvey Weinstein, Wild At Heart, and the BIrth of NC-17 (25:02) Philip

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Erotic 80s began with a prologue about the short lived heyday of the X rating, pornography, and feminism. Erotic 90s begins with a prologue about the disastrous rollout of NC-17 –the X rating’s replacement – and the evolving state of both porn and feminism at the dawn of the 90s. Topics include David Lynch, Harvey Weinstein, “pro-porn” feminism, “the new morality,” video stores, Magic Johnson, date rape, and much more. (00:00) The Beginning of the 90s and the “End of History” (10:36) From Last Tango in Paris to The Unbearable Lightness of Being (17:06) Harvey Weinstein, Wild At Heart, and the BIrth of NC-17 (25:02) Philip Kaufman and Henry & June (36:18) Adult Video, Edwin Meese, and the De-Mainstreaming of Porn (49:43) Playboy, MS, and “the New Morality” (01:01:59) Camile Paglia, Madonna, and “Sex is Back!” (01:13:20) The Anti-Feminist Backlash Picks Up Steam