Dirty Diana (podcast)

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Dirty Diana
Dirty Diana Podcast Cover.jpg
Presentation
Starring Demi Moore
Genre
  • Audio drama
  • scripted erotica
  • feminist
  • romance
  • sexuality
Format Audio
Created by Shana Feste
Written byShana Feste and Jen Besser
Directed byShana Feste
LanguageAmerican English
Length34 - 45 minutes
Production
Composed by Deron Johnson
Audio format MP3
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 [1]
Publication
Original releaseJuly 3 –
December 21, 2020
ProviderQCode Media
Related
Website dirty-diana.simplecast.com

Dirty Diana is an audio drama podcast produced by QCode about a woman who hosts an erotic website. A sex-positive exploration of a woman's troubled marriage, it stars Demi Moore and Claes Bang. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Production

Demi Moore has had a long career as an actress playing sexy roles. [6] [5] Both MovieWeb and Los 40 noted that Demi Moore is known for her "alluringly raspy" and "ragged voice," which David G. Maciejewski attributes to her habit of smoking Red Marlboros. [6] [7] Demi Moore saw the podcast as an opportunity to explore sexuality and made a distinction between the podcast's sex positive message and adult entertainment or pornography. [8] [9] According to MDZ Online the podcast is a feminist podcast. [10] Shana Feste is the director of the podcast. [11] [12] The podcast was created entirely over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] Demi Moore recorded the show from her bathroom. [14]

Photo of Demi Moore the starring actor of the podcast Demi Moore at Huffington Post Pre-Inaugural Party, 2009 (cropped).jpg
Photo of Demi Moore the starring actor of the podcast

Main cast and characters

Cameos

Format

Each episode spends about half an hour focused on a single character's erotic fantasy. [15]

Episodes

#TitleLength (minutes:seconds)Original release date
Trailer [16] "Dirty Diana"2:20July 3, 2020 (2020-07-03)
1 [17] "LIZ"34:01July 13, 2020 (2020-07-13)
2 [18] "LUX"34:36July 20, 2020 (2020-07-20)
3 [19] "CARRIE"34:58July 27, 2020 (2020-07-27)
4 [20] "EVIE"39:20August 3, 2020 (2020-08-03)
5 [21] "JADA"38:52August 10, 2020 (2020-08-10)
6 [22] "AMANDA / ERIKA"45:59August 17, 2020 (2020-08-17)

Adaptions

Novels

Following the success of the podcast, co-writers Jen Besser and Shana Feste signed a deal with Dial Press (US) and HarperCollins (UK) to adapt the podcast into a trilogy of novels (Dirty Diana; Diana in Love; and Diana Says Yes). [23] The trilogy is set to be released in 2024-2025. [24] [25]

Television

In September 2020, Amazon announced that it won the rights to a television series adaptation. [26] [27] Demi Moore will return to star in the series, which also brings back writers Jen Besser and Shana Feste, who will also direct. [28] [29] [30]

Reception

The show won the 2021 Ambies award for "Best Scriptwriting". [31]

See also

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