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Orgasm Inc.

Name: Orgasm Inc.
Director: Elizabeth Canner
Released: 2009
Duration: 73 min

Representation Score

6.2/10

Good

2009

Not Rated

Director

Elizabeth Canner

Runtime

73 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Orgasm Inc. critically examines the pharmaceutical industry's efforts to commodify female pleasure. By focusing on the race to develop a 'female Viagra,' the film highlights the systemic forces that manage and monetize intimacy. The documentary successfully deconstructs how corporate capitalism intersects with human desire, moving beyond a simple scientific report. While the film excels in critiquing gendered issues, it appears limited in its racial and ethnic breadth, with a focus remaining largely within the high-level biotech corporate structures of the time.

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Category Breakdown

Does Orgasm Inc. have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film delves into the complexities of sexual desire and arousal, offering a platform to discuss sexual identity beyond traditional, rigid frameworks.

How does Orgasm Inc. portray gender?

Good

The documentary challenges traditional hierarchies by emphasizing female biological ability to act and pleasure. It questions historical medical paradigms that favored male performance over female sexual health.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Orgasm Inc.?

Fair

The narrative centers around corporate and clinical pharmaceutical environments, with limited evidence of a diverse cast driving the central narrative arcs within these professional settings.

How does Orgasm Inc. represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film offers a sophisticated critique of Western capitalist institutions, examining the tension between profit motives and the ethics of monetizing human intimacy.

Does Orgasm Inc. include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not focus on specific themes of disability, so no meaningful assessment can be made regarding this category.

Present on Screen

Highlights the systemic forces that manage and monetize intimacy.
Examines the intersection of corporate capitalism and human desire.
Questions historical medical paradigms that favored male performance.

Limited or Absent

Could benefit from a more diverse cast to drive the central narrative arcs.
Focuses heavily on narrow corporate and clinical environments, limiting racial and ethnic breadth.

Official Synopsis

Extraordinary behind-the-scenes access reveals a drug company's fevered race to develop the first FDA-approved Viagra for women - and offers a humorous but sobering look inside the cash-fueled pharmaceutical industry.

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