Photoplay: Rob Rotten’s “Scurvy Girls 2”

Rob Rotten's porn setups—the reason why people are having sex in the first place—are as high concept as anyone's. But Rotten eschews cable guys, pool cleaners, and pizza delivery dudes. Instead, he begins by dressing his female performers in 80's New Wave slutwear and presents motivations like "Someone is watching you urinate and you get angry. Angry enough to have sex with them."

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First off, none of these girls actually has scurvy, though the ill-lit bathrooms featured in the movie are reminiscent of 19th century sailing ships. And Rotten's Nadsat boxcover introduction ("packed to the ol' gulliver with splendid Molodoy devotchkas") also sends the wrong message. But not one of the performers in "Scurvy Girls 2" seems out of place in her surroundings, which is more than you can say for various pirate movies.

The person below is not the same as the person above. Am I racist if I think all punk girls look the same?

Remember, it's not Porn Valley's version of altporn if the viewer can detect the performer's personal investment.

· Rob Rotten (punxproductions.com)

· Buy "Scurvy Girls 2" (gamelink.com)

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