{"id":51407,"date":"2008-01-12T12:07:08","date_gmt":"2008-01-12T19:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51407"},"modified":"2021-01-20T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T19:44:14","slug":"deep-throat-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51407","title":{"rendered":"Deep Throat (1972)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Different strokes for different folks.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Deep-Throat-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Deep-Throat-Poster-245x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Deep-Throat-Poster-245x300.png 245w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Deep-Throat-Poster-105x128.png 105w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Deep-Throat-Poster-768x939.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Deep-Throat-Poster-221x270.png 221w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Deep-Throat-Poster.png 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA sexually frustrated woman (Linda Lovelace) goes to a doctor (Harry Reems), who informs her that her clitoris is located in her throat, and teaches her to reach fulfillment through fellatio.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adult Films<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Liberation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, <em>Deep Throat<\/em> remains &#8220;the most famous, successful, and influential p. film&#8221; ever made, and was &#8220;chiefly responsible for making it acceptable for early seventies couples to see adult movies.&#8221; Unfortunately, its infamy and hype overshadow any intrinsic values; <em>Deep Throat<\/em> remains an uninteresting, mediocre film with &#8220;dull stretches&#8221;, &#8220;stupid&#8221; humor, and bad acting. In addition, despite its &#8220;breakthrough&#8221; storyline of a woman pursuing sexual pleasure (rather than being pursued by men), the entire concept is still premised on a <em>male <\/em>fantasy of unlimited fellatio. With that said, <em>Deep Throat<\/em> &#8212; fortunately only 62 minutes long &#8212; remains &#8220;must see&#8221; viewing simply for its place in cinematic history. Also recommended is the documentary <em>Inside Deep Throat<\/em> (2005), about the making of, and controversy surrounding, this famous film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Groundbreaking incorporation of comedy into sex scenes \u2013 though the comedy is decidedly unfunny<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Deep-Throat-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Deep-Throat-Still3-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Deep-Throat-Still3-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Deep-Throat-Still3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Deep-Throat-Still3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Deep-Throat-Still3-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Deep-Throat-Still3-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Deep-Throat-Still3.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. <em>Deep Throat<\/em> remains one of a handful of adult movies which all film fanatics should at least be familiar with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Controversial Film<\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0068468\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Different strokes for different folks.&#8221; Synopsis: A sexually frustrated woman (Linda Lovelace) goes to a doctor (Harry Reems), who informs her that her clitoris is located in her throat, and teaches her to reach fulfillment through fellatio. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Adult Films Sexual Liberation Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, Deep Throat remains &#8220;the most famous, successful, and influential p. film&#8221; ever made, and was &#8220;chiefly responsible for making it acceptable for early seventies couples to see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51407\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51407"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64691,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51407\/revisions\/64691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}