EROS AMERICA SHOW #1 (TV)
Summary
One in this occasional magazine-style series that explores human sexuality. In this episode, the first segment is "The Housewife Stripper," in which a Florida-based woman with a husband and small daughter talks about why she chose to be a strip-tease dancer. She addresses her feelings on exposing her body, the job's misconceptions -- such as being taken for "a high-class call girl or hooker" -- and why her husband is never jealous of men ogling her. The second segment is "A High-Priced Call Girl," in which a woman explains why she became a prostitute and why she believes the profession is similar to babysitting. She also discusses her favorite clients, how she sets up assignations, and why she always travels with a whip and talcum powder. The last segment is "The Fireman's Ball," in which a firefighter tells why he moonlights as a male stripper. He tells how young women become aggressive toward him in clubs, being propositioned, maintaining his physique at the gym, getting tips -- both monetary and via kisses -- and prejudices against men who strip. The production also includes the history of sex manuals, the history of pin-ups, quotes on sex from famous men like Albert Einstein, J. Edgar Hoover, and Henry Kissinger, and sex-based facts, such as Cleopatra having invented one of the first diaphragms.
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: November 19, 1983 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:43:38
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:08730
- GENRE: Arts documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: She Made It Collection (Sheila Nevins); Arts documentaries
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV series, 1983
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Sheila Nevins … Executive Producer
- Rivalyn Zweig … Coordinating Producer
- Katerina Monemvassitis … Researcher
- Matt Kaplowitz … Music by
- Mike Fernicola … Music by
- Cynthia Adler … Narrator
- Bob Dryden … Narrator
- "High-Priced Call Girl"
- Dolores Danska … Producer
- "Facts & Quotes," "Sex Manuals
- Gaby Monet … Producer
- William Parks … Director
- Gary Becker … Animation
- "The Fireman's Ball"
- Dolores Danska … Producer
- "Softcore Hardware"
- Yossi Abolafia … Animation
- Jeffrey Schon … Animation
- Yossi Abolafia … Singer
- "Pin-ups"
- Imre Horvath … Producer
- Cecilia Roque … Associate Producer
- Kevin Scott … Researcher