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Actors: Woody Allen, John Carradine, Louise Lasser, Lynn Redgrave, Gene Wilder, Tony Randall, Burt Reynolds
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask |
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This is one of Woody Allen's early, goofy comedies (1972), VERY loosely based on the megabestselling sex manual of the same title by Dr. David Reuben. Seven unrelated skits purport to address basic questions about sex ("What is sodomy?" "What happens during orgasm?") but of course do nothing of the kind, serving only as a jumping-off place for Allen's craziness. In one, a court jester labors to slip an aphrodisiac to the queen while the king is away. In another, Gene Wilder has a movingly tender and dignified performance as a doctor who is ruined because he falls in love with a sheep. Allen also appears in an Italian-language Fellini/Antonioni parody about a man whose wife cannot get off except when she has sex in public places. There's also a monster-movie parody in which a mad doctor (Carradine) creates a gigantic, 400-foot breast which goes off to terrorize the countryside. Watch for Regis Philbin in a rather tasteless skit about a game show called "What's My Perversion?" The final and probably best sketch concerns Allen as a neurotic, reluctant sperm preparing like a paratrooper for the unknown terrors of being ejaculated. Tony Randall and Burt Reynolds appear as part of the central control operation. The movie is silly and very uneven, but has its moments.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- bestiality (baaa!)
- tranvestites/cutting off their weiners
- really kinky sex!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- deluded
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) very skinny
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
Is this movie based on a
- book
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