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I thought the museum would have been
much cooler than it was , after all I like museums
(esp manhatten ones) I love Sex (who doesn`t) and
I went on a cold rainy day (perfect inside activity
day).
Well
for one , the museum building seems HUGE ,but it looks
like only a portion of the building is for use by
the museum. This means narrow winding hallway style
viewing of their "New York Sex Theme" Leaning
over your shoulder while you ogle a picture of the
femal body is a sweet , hip , 60 yr old grandmother.
Just a little too much coziness for me , I guess I`m
not as HIP as I thought I was .
The
theme , in my opinion could have been expanded to
so much more , grandioser , more encompassing , BIGGER
, Better. etc;
I`ll explain: The theme was Sex In NYC , which really
meant , Government against Societies freedoms as Pictures
, newspaper clippings, arrest warrants , caused by
the many famous SEX POLICEMEN that have been in our
governments over the years , starting with some guy
named "IFORGOTHISNAME" up to Rudy Giulianni
and how these men "Fought the good fight"
against porn, prostitution, gay sex, bathhouses,sex
in public,and other social taboos according to the
powers that be.
They show this by offering a journey through the sexual
landscape of the city starting from the mid-19th century
via photographs, posters, art, objects, documents,
film and cartoons ranging from the benign to X-rated
graphic. There is even a porn flic running and many
articles and pictures of the 1st porn flic DEEP THROAT.
All in all I guess it was interesting , my buddies
Charlie and Fran ,flew thru the museum in appx 20
minutes after paying $17 each to get in , I guess
they really did not like it . I think it was the gay
wall with pictures of men in various sexual activities.
Charlie is fighting his own urges , im guessing :-)
I still believe that "theme" would`ve been
nice as a side room , as the theme of the season or
what not , There just should`ve been more ,Like different
societies , Romans ,egyptians , asians and there timelines
ancient - > current , the different variations
of sex , tantric ,kama sutra, societies that practice
celibacy (shakers) etc; I could go on and on. But
i guess maybe I`ll have to have my own museum to get
all that in. Hmmm...a virtual online museum of sex
through the mind of KASUALKB ?
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