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Reviews
Sister Dearest (1984)
Destroyed Classic
Produced in the middle of Traci Lords' underage porn years, generations of genre mavins have and will continue to be cheated out of viewing one great period selection. It had a plot, a decent story, good acting (including surprisingly acceptable acting from Traci), humor, and beautiful performers.
Traci was at her peak during this time too. Another thing many don't realize is that this film was exceedingly popular with women. Not that they went out to see or buy it, but those who did view it generally enjoyed it a lot.
I never saw the recut version of this or any of the other repackaged Traci films and videos. So I cannot comment on them. Perhaps this didn't turn out too bad. But I really doubt it.
The Pink Lagoon: A Sex Romp in Paradise (1984)
Simply Beautiful
This film was shot during a brief renaissance in the adult industry when there was a drive to legitimatize the work with fine locations and cinematography, engaging scripts, actors and actresses who could act, etc.
Well, this was well produced. The cast included some of the classic performers of the day, several of which were trained in real theater. Jerry Butler being a leading example of this at the time (so was Ron Jeremy, believe it or not), got him exhaustively cast in films during this period.
Anyway, the scenery is gorgeous as are the performers. The plot falls short of Hollywood standards, but was great for the adult industry. Acting was superb for the industry as well. It also features a short non-girl-on-girl sex scene with Crystal Breeze (Lisa Stagno) which is likely one of here best captured on film. She was eclipsed by the more promoted blondes of the time (Ginger Lynn, Amber Lynn, ...) and was terribly underrated.