Vh1, originally a music video channel, is rolling out their 4-part look into the sexually charged history of the second half of the 20th century in America, each night at 10 PM from May 12th to the 15th. This documentary-style series will explore a wide variety of subjects from morality and censorship to sexual expression and AIDS.
Here's a brief description of Episode 1 - Save It for Marriage:
The series begins in the stultified, sexually repressed America of the 1950s -- when kids were taught to "save it for marriage" -- and continues through the break out and rise of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Along the way are Hef, Kinsey, Little Richard, Citizens for Decent Literature, Sex and the Single Girl, the Pill, Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll, Make Love Not War, Masters and Johnson, Sandstone, Swinging, Burn the Bra, Stonewall, Deep Throat, Forty Second Street, the Continental Baths, the Castro, Roe v. Wade, The Zipless You-Know-What, Plato's Retreat, Hustler, Herpes and Reagan -- and oh, so much more...
From the 3 teaser clips I've compiled below, the Sex Revolution series looks to be both unflinchingly comprehensive and provocative:
Consider this clip a little visual foreplay for what’s to come. It features a "porn star" from back in the day, who decided to take on the Guinness World Record for most sexual partners in one sitting. The magic number: 86. The result? The world’s first spermathon.
Approved in 1960, the birth control pill shows how technology changed sexual behavior. Actress Cybill Shepherd explains.
The 1970s were the halcyon days of the sexual revolution. In Southern California, the Sandstone Retreat gained national notoriety as it took suburban swinging to a new level with its clothing optional, sexually open community.
Just watched most of the 4 part series. Rather informative but could have done without certain images of hairy hippie chicks having their armpits eaten out.
