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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.