Real Sex” on HBO. The docuseries was raw and explicit, covering everything from masturbation classes to bisexual strip clubs.And Sheila Nevins, the producer and VP of Original Programming who brought the show to HBO, was thrilled to see just how much she could get away with. “We could now show penises,” she said to author James Andrew Miller, for his new oral history, “Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers Hardcover” (Henry Holt), out Nov.
23. “But we couldn’t show it upright. No erect ones.”It’s difficult to remember today, when sexually explicit content has become so ubiquitous — thanks to the Internet — but 30 years ago, shows like “Real Sex” were dangerous and groundbreaking. “‘Real Sex’ was the birth of the R-rated.
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