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Frequent visitors to the USA will be familiar with the government-sanctioned sexual assault that masquerades as a post-9/11 security check. One guy I work with, thanks to his nationality (Indonesian), name (Muslim-sounding), and the fact that he travels occasionally to the Middle East for work, has to allow an extra 4 hours at every airport in the US for his "completely random" additional security check. When I saw that Evan Stone, one of the funniest guys in porn, had written a porn satire of the TSA, I thought "Wow! Comedy. porn and cutting edge political satire all in one!"

It certainly looked promising. Written and directed by Evan. With Randy Spears (the other funniest guy in porn) and a bunch of other people. The pre-credit opening is great - Evan in full TSA uniform monologues to the camera "...weary travellers queuing up to have their civil liberties violated and the constitution torn up on their faces...". Then the credits rolled, the film started and we quickly remembered why most comedians don't write their own material. Most funny guys are good at the delivery but have a team of writers to craft the jokes. When they write their own material they can fall a bit flat. Evan is no exception.

Recently I received an email from Cinema Erotique, promoting some new films that they had just released. They sounded interesting, so I contacted Cherry Chapman and asked if we could have review copies. She very kindly agreed, so today I'm reviewing Porn: The Musical, Bible Bashing and Barbie's Washday. Like all Cherry's films, these are short (Porn is the longest at 32 minutes) and feature girls who predominantly come from Eastern Europe. The costumes are well done, the sets are good (the bedroom in Bible Bashing is very flash and the exterior of the house is nice too) and the girls are all lovely to look at, with natural boobs, mostly natural hair and not covered in outrageous tattoos. Some even have (sculpted) pubes.

The first film is somewhat unusual; it is indeed a musical. It has all those features common to musicals, costumes, dancing, and people bursting into song for no apparent reason. You may hate musicals, and avoid it for that reason; Dave nearly did. But Porn: The Musical has its funny moments and it is well made.