"Curious (Yellow)" actress dies

Porn was different then.

February 4, 2011 at 4:15PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Yesterday we learned that Maria Schneider, co-star of "Last Tango in Paris," had died. Now this:

A brief trip to the movie's Wikipedia page presented a tidbit that shows the difference between naughty movies of yore, and today:

Thanks to the ban on the movie in America, "Curious" got a rep as a groundbreaking erotic movie that upended social norms and shattered taboos. You can imagine the dismay of the raincoat crowd, sitting through this thing hoping it's not all interviews with Soviet poets. Are you ready to see an excerpt? WARNING! GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF ELECTION RESULTS.

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