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Enter the Peepshow
USA 2009
produced by Bob Johnson (executive) for Spice Studios/ClubJenna
directed by Jack the Zipper
starring Sasha Grey, Hollie Stevens, Jayme Langford, Alexandra Ivy, Ariel Adore, Rebeca Linares, Zoe Minx, Victoria Vengeance, Stanton LeVay, Murrugen the Mystic, Christian, James Deen, Alex Knight, Justin Syder, Pike Nelson, Sledge Hammer
written by Jack the Zipper, music by Ego Plum, Ninfa, Vortex Soundtech, Kraddy
review by Mike Haberfelner
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A film that takes you through a freakshow featuring all the typical
characters like the clown, the mechanic fortune teller (Victoria
Vengeance), the sword-swallowing mystic (Murrugen the Mystic) - and his
cock-swallowing mystress) -, the gypsy and of course the escape artist
(Sasha Grey). Since this is no ordinary freakshow though but a peepshow,
all these characters are caught in sexuzal situations. if you
want to blend porn with underground/arthouse, a freakshow with its
outrageous characters, otherworldly props, costumes and backdrops, and its
slightly seedy atmosphere seems to be the perfect backdrop - and to a
point, Enter the Peepshow makes perfect use of it. Problem is
though, the film only tries to be art, but only comes across as artsy with
its unusual colour compositons, sudden changes between colour and
black-and-white sequences, change in quality of filmstock (an effect
probably added in post though, as I'm almost certain this film was shot on
video from start to finish), (over-)use of kaleidoscope effects, its
experimental score, and so on and so forth - and yet when it comes to the
sex scenes (naturally the backbone of the film), the whole thing stays
remarkably clear of original ideas and limits itself to filming the
action. That said, the sex scenes taken by themselves are not exactly
bad, and a film that ends on a 15 minute sequence featuring Sasha Grey as
a very naked escape artist caught between three glory holes, one cannot
really complain, right? (For uninitiated: A glory hole is a simple hole in
the wall through which a man sticks his penis for very anonymous
satisfaction by the person of the other side, mainly of the oral variety.) So
yeah, if you have 75 minutes to spend and are up for a bit of
out-of-the-ordinary porn, then this might be right up your alley - just
don't expect to be blown away in any sort of way.
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