In this edition of A&E's popular Modern Marvels series, viewers are initially teased (in much the same fashion as street barkers in front of live sex shows) with the promise of holographic and virtual sex, before being presented with something much more likely to dampen the fires of amatory ardor: namely, a reminder of Bob Dole's erectile dysfunction. Still, although the focus here is more on Viagra, condoms, dildos, and the pill, than on Internet sex and tactile bodysuits, High Tech Sex does offer a good month's worth of cocktail party chitchat in its admittedly scattershot examination of the evolution of sexual-related technology over the past hundred years and beyond. Where to begin? Swan genitals as aphrodisiacs? Pleasure-producing condoms ("we've come a long way in the condom industry," says the owner of Condomania, with no smirk whatsoever)? Lysol as the leading--if utterly ineffective--form of birth control pre-Pinkus's magic pill? Or how about the patent for the "anti-erection system" that when…um, activated…pulls a string that triggers the playing of an opera on a phonograph? (Any of these would make admirable changes of subject around minute five of some party guest's saga about his latest mortgage refinance.) Combining interviews and archival footage, High Tech Sex walks a rather crooked road thematically speaking, but it's full of interesting tidbits, including the suggestion that within 10 years gene therapy may be used to grow new penises (and if that means the end of all those "three extra inches" spam emails that fill up my inbox and my wife's ["Anne, wouldn't you like to add three…"], then I'm all for it). Recommended, overall. Aud: C, P. (R. Pitman)
High Tech Sex
(2002) 45 min. $24.95. A&E Home Video. PPR. Closed captioned. ISBN: 0-7670-5103-3. Volume 18, Issue 3
High Tech Sex
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