Porn 'n Chicken

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Porn 'n Chicken
Written byLawrence Trilling
A.D. Miles
Directed by Lawrence Trilling
StarringEbon Moss-Bachrach
Angela Goethals
Alex Burns
Geoffrey Arend
Michael Goldstrom
Ginnifer Goodwin
Kurt Fuller
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerNatascha Tillmanns
Running time100 minutes
Original release
Network Comedy Central
Release2002 (2002)

Porn 'n' Chicken was a student club based at Yale University whose members met to watch pornography and eat fried chicken. The group briefly gained notoriety in 2001 when they announced plans to shoot their own adult film, titled The StaXXX, on campus with other students. [1] [2]

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The film was never released or even completed. Nevertheless, a fictionalized version of the club's experiences was produced as a 2002 American TV movie titled Porn 'n Chicken and broadcast on Comedy Central.

Student club

In October 2000 an article in The Yale Herald announced the first known public discussion of the club, mentioning the project of its own adult film. The film's name had already been selected -- The StaXXX. Filming commenced in January 2001, and publications including The New Yorker , Fox News Boston, Hustler , The New York Post , Brill's Content , The Village Voice , Premiere , Evening Standard inquired for information on the production. [3] [2] Only a trailer was ever completed, and shown before a screening at the Yale Film Society. [4]

Film adaptation of the story

James Ponsoldt and fellow Yale alumni sold the Porn 'n Chicken stories to Comedy Central, who filmed on the Columbia University campus. [5] Directed by Lawrence Trilling, Porn 'n Chicken featured fictionalized versions of group activities and premiered on Comedy Central on October 13, 2002. [6]

Reception

It received mixed critical reception, with the New York Daily News called it "more boring than offensive," [7] but Variety commenting, "Sweeter and more relevant than its fratboy title suggests, Comedy Central’s Porn ‘n Chicken is a likable fusion of, of all things, Animal House, Dead Poets Society and Deep Throat ." [8] while the Daily Free Press stated, "Beyond the necessity of well spent free time, as expected, the message of Porn ‘n Chicken is largely empty. However, the two-hour escape succeeds admirably as a mental nap and an amusing tale of sticky-fingered American college students with little to revolt against besides the dullness of their existence." [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Herszenhorn, David M. (2001-01-26). "Yale´s New Grades: A, B, C, D and X". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  2. 1 2 Harden, Nathan (2012-08-21). Sex and God at Yale: Porn, Political Correctness, and a Good Education Gone Bad. Macmillan. ISBN   978-1-250-01354-5.
  3. ↑ Hurst, Alex. "Porn, chicken and the new Ivy League expression". www.thedp.com. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  4. ↑ 'StaXXX' trailer has stacks -- and some skin Archived 2010-04-18 at the Wayback Machine , Chris Rovzar and Eli Muller, Yale Daily News, April 25, 2001
  5. ↑ Ross, Harold Wallace; Shawn, William; Brown, Tina; White, Katharine Sergeant Angell; Remnick, David; Irvin, Rea; Angell, Roger (2002). The New Yorker. F-R Publishing Corporation.
  6. ↑ "Porn 'N Chicken". Yale Daily News. 2002-09-06. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  7. ↑ WIRE (2000-03-21). "Review: 'Porn 'n' Chicken' more boring than offensive". Journal Times. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  8. ↑ Speier, Michael (2002-10-11). "Porn 'n Chicken". Variety. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  9. ↑ "'Porn 'n Chicken' unsatisfying? – The Daily Free Press". 2002-10-17. Retrieved 2023-12-14.

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