
A forthcoming documentary produced by Brian Grazer further illuminates this phenomenon. Grazer’s film skillfully delineates the events surrounding the opening of an obscure, ineptly made porn movie that triggered the righteous indignation of anti-porn crusaders across the nation. Their crusade transformed “Deep Throat” into a “must-see” pop-culture experience; you just weren’t cool until you had witnessed Linda Lovelace’s arcane skills. In city after city, “Deep Throat” opened to tepid business until the local crusaders closed in. Even in liberal New York, the city fathers were intent on shutting it down, thus prompting lines around the block.