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Director: Paul Norman Starring: Ron Jeremy, Alexis De Vell, Chantilly Lace, Shayla LaVeaux, Jon Dough Country: USA

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Porn-O-Rama is a five part series that delved behind the scenes on the making of a porno movie. There're no actual penetration shots, but there're lots of scenes of people having sex. I think the series was shot on the locations of two movies, one of which involves vampires that literally suck the life out of people. After much research I've decided that film must be a film called Hungry. Or Hungry 2: Night Feast, released the same year.

The first episode was a real let down, as it's full of very generic stuff and the performers are all still in persona while being asked about what they get up to in their private sex lives. This often just comes down to the question from Ron, "Do you do anal?"

Things pick up a bit in the second episode where cast and crew are asked what their friends and relatives think of their jobs. Persona is still prevalent but is lessened here, with one woman saying she would advise her future children to stay out of the industry. The big surprise of the series came for me when North, a name so big in porn even I knew it, said his family don't really know what he does. The second part of this episode is about filming the dialogue, which can be amusing as the stars whinge about their few lines.

Episode three focuses on alternate careers the stars have had and then goes into a general behind the scenes look at other jobs on the set.

The fourth episode is perhaps the most interesting, and starts out by looking at couples in the industry and how the stars handle jealousy before moving on to locations for shooting.

Episode five is a bit of a weird one because the first section is about when things go wrong. Because there's no hardcore footage, people have to describe what's messed up on set. It's like bloopers without the bloop. There's also some discussion of things that can typically go wrong. Then the series wraps up by looking at peripherals to the film like managers, agents, people involved in retail, and porn historian Jim Holiday.

Even by the second episode, little snippets were repeating from the first, and this continues on through the series. If there's something you see a moment of that you're interested in but it is really quick, hang in there 'cause it may come up again in more detail. By the final episode the repeats had gotten quite annoying, and my partner, who didn't actually watch the show with me but would come into the room occasionally while it was on, began asking why I was watching the same thing over and over.