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How prosthetic penises in shows like HBO's 'Minx' reinforce existing stereotypes and taboos

  • Written by Peter Lehman, Emeritus Professor, Film and Media Studies in English, Arizona State University

Entertainment Weekly recently published an interview with actor Taylor Zakhar Perez, teasing the piece with a headline about Perez “baring it all” as a nude model for a 1970s magazine centerfold in the first episode in HBO Max’s “scandalous” new show, “Minx.”

The real scandal, in my view, is not the...

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