Big Bad O

What’s that? A movie about female orgasms, you say? Zit-faced teenage boys are clambering for tickets right now. Only thing is, Orgasm, Inc.: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure is better suited for a women’s studies crowd than a pack of horny adolescents. The documentary takes a funny and smart...

By Liz Tracy

February 10, 2011

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What’s that? A movie about female orgasms, you say? Zit-faced teenage boys are clambering for tickets right now. Only thing is, Orgasm, Inc.: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure is better suited for a women’s studies crowd than a pack of horny adolescents. The documentary takes a funny and smart look at the way pharmaceutical companies are attempting to find a Viagra-type drug to “cure” female sexual dysfunction — a sad gal’s inability to achieve a big O. The film is the brainchild of director Liz Canner, who first learned of the pharmaceutical industry’s obsession with rapture when she was hired to edit erotic videos used during drug trials. The more she dug for a pill-induced orgasm, the more she began to suspect big, bad legal drug dealers were taking advantage of women and putting their lives at risk to rake in some bucks. It’s not called la petite mort for nothing. Orgasm Inc. opens on Saturday.
Feb. 19-24, 7 p.m., 2011

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Liz Tracy is a culture and health journalist whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Glamour, and Vox. Previously, she served as New Times Broward-Palm Beach's music editor for three years. Wherever she goes, she brings a little bit of Miami with her.

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