Written by
Robert S J Lucas and staring Lily Joseph, Charlotte Lewington, Matt Ferdenzi,
Matthew Hendrickson, James Sebastian, Mark McKirdy, Catherine Adams and Tom
Holloway, PORN is about 5 porn stars in a struggling porn company falling at
the feet of free online content.
Although the
title and the subject matter do sound rather risqué, Disclosure Group are
responsible to the end and the show is about the effects of sex rather than sex
itself so there’s nothing untoward about the show other than the sheer level of
sexuality, abs and bad language.
It occurred to
us that although there have been numerous documentaries about the porn industry
there hadn’t, to our knowledge, been much (if any) comedy or drama about it, so
we thought we’d set about creating it.
It’s
interesting looking at the history of sex in TV and film and more specifically
how it was dealt with through the ages. Time.com created this brilliant visual
depiction of sex through the history of TV, so take the time to take a look at
their ‘Brief History of Sex on TV’. Although it’s
mainly focused on US TV it’s still worth a glance.
It’s not an
uncommon idea that the UK is relatively reserved when it comes to all things
sexual, especially when it comes to our viewing habits. But, if you look closely at the last ten
years or so you’ll see a huge leap forward in our acceptance and the freedom of
TV, to show a little more to a now sexually open society. We think it comes
hand in hand with mainstream cinema becoming more open and having an effect via
osmosis. For example look at films such as ‘Shame’ which tackles sex
(specifically sexual addiction) head on (pun intended) and even gives us a full
frontal glance at Michael Fassbenders assets - something which I’m sure men and
women around the world haven’t yet recovered from! Here at Disclosure Group
we’re still clutching our pearls at the mere memory of it.
Porn is a
strange outcast genre in the world. We all know it exists but few of us would
openly discuss our preferences and tastes when it comes to ‘that kind of
thing’. The topic was tackled brilliantly by Louis Theroux on the BBC
documentary ‘Louis’ weird weekends’ where he examined the events and psychology
going on in the US porn scene. He even revisited it recently returning to some
of the stars he’d interviewed and seeing where they were now. Interestingly
there were many comparisons to our new comedy, even down to the prized DVD
covers in black frames on the walls!
But the core
of the topic is probably where there is a lack of heart. Other genres, however
dispassionate, have a solid heart at the core which goes outside instant
gratification (although that can sometimes be a byproduct of it for audiences
that don’t get the sentimental core of some comedy and drama). But porn doesn’t
have that at its heart, so I guess it can’t latch on to the hearts of its
viewers.
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