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Riffing off the self-help book title of the same name, Woody Allen's still-shocking, vignette-style,
star-filled sex farce, "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were
Afraid to Ask" mocked not only intercourse but fetishes, sexual research and
even European art movies. The film uses the structure of the book to pose unique
questions like "What is sodomy?" and "Are transvestites homosexuals?" And
Allen's skits are, in some cases, explosively hilarious. Highlights? The
brilliant Gene Wilder in love with a sheep; John Carradine unleashing a Frankenstein monster
breast (size 4,000 in an X cup) and Woody, literally acting as a nervous sperm
laboring over ejaculation ("What if he's masturbating? I might end up on the
ceiling."). To some this is simply silly Woody Allen, but there's a lot of
daring, amazing stuff here.
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