Deep Throat's Staying Power

Fenton Bailey was interviewed for a New York Times article today about how well or not Deep Throat fares in the rental stores. "It's an icon," he said. "It's an outlaw voice speaking out with a message about sex and sexuality - that there's no such thing as normal. Everybody has a unique sexual DNA, and Linda Lovelace represents that. She goes on this quest to find her sexual identity but also, by extension, her social and political identity."

Also, in an article on the Basque News and Information Channel, Fenton talks about Deep Throat's message, prior to Inside Deep Throat's opening in the UK, and just after the revelation of Watergate informant Deep Throat.

Bailey thinks the desire to censor 'Deep Throat', which was banned in 23 US states, has resonance for America today: 'People responded to its message, which was, you know, we're all unique. We all don't have a clitoris in the back of our throat, but we're all sexually unique in our own ways and there's now shame to that, instead explore, experiment and find our true identity. It's a very healthy message, one that today, it's just hard to imagine today. You know, we live in a climate of fear, and a culture of fear, so the whole idea of experimenting...it's not technically against the law, but it feels like it is.'