While the MPAA’s confusing and hypocritical ratings decisions were leaving filmmakers flummoxed in the early 90s, cable TV was opening up new possibilities for erotic content. Today we will offer a brief history of sex on TV, and then focus on Red Shoe Diaries, the cheesy-but-charming late night softcore soap that was the brainchild of 9 ½ Weeks writers/producers Zalman King and Patricia Knop.
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150: Blaxploitation and the White Backlash (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 5)
149: White Allies and the Blacklist: Maurice Rapf (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 4)
148: “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,” Minstrels in Hollywood and The Oscars (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 3)
147: Hattie McDaniel (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 2)
146: Disney’s Most Controversial Film (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 1)
Sneak Peek: Six Degrees of "Song of the South"
145: Ramon Novarro (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 19)
144: The Trials of Confidential Magazine: Maureen O'Hara (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 18)
143: The Trials of Confidential Magazine: Dorothy Dandridge (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 17)
142: Bugsy Siegel (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 16)
141: Marlene Dietrich, Claudette Colbert, and the “sewing circle” (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 15)
140: Lupe Velez (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 14)
139: Mary Astor's Diary (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 13)
138: Mae West (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 12)
137: Gina Lollobrigida (The Seduced, Episode 6)
136: Yvonne De Carlo
135: Linda Darnell (The Seduced, Episode 4)
134: Ann Dvorak (The Seduced, Episode 3)
133: The Bacchanal of 1920s Hollywood, via Frederica Sagor Maas (The Seduced Episode 2)
Rupert Hughes's Women (The Seduced, Episode 1)
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