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editor’s choice
Color Blind
AAAAA
BSkow/Girlfriends Films
GirlfriendsFilms.net
Director: B. Skow
Cast: Kasey Warner, Adriana
Chechik, Reena Sky, Layton Benton,
Steven St. Croix, Jovan Jordan, Isiah
Maxwell. 158 Min.
Category: Drama, Interracial
to take on sensitive
Few directors would dare
themes such as racism and
handicaps in a porn film,
but swashbuckling shooter B. Skow
shows no fear with Color Blind.
Set during the week of the
infamous Los Angeles riots more
than 20 years ago, Skow goes all
in with a story about an innocent
blind girl (Kasey Warner) and
her naughty older sister (Adriana
Chechik) clashing with their tough-
talking, blue-collar father (Steven
St. Croix) who harbors extreme
racist views.
Skow wastes no time setting the
tone in the opening scene, when
St. Croix’s character unleashes a
flurry of offensive comments while
watching the riots on TV with his
family sitting around the kitchen
table.
For those in need of a refresher, the mass
looting, violence and civil unrest became
a national tragedy during a six-day period
in late April of 1992, when four LAPD
officers were acquitted of charges of police
brutality in the videotaped arrest and
beating of Rodney King following a high-
speed chase. Thousands of people took to
the streets in protest. That volatile social
climate serves as the backdrop for Skow’s
boiling narrative that sees St. Croix’s
character forced to confront the extent of
his prejudices through the choices of his
daughters, who both are attracted to black
men.
St. Croix commands one of this year’s
most complex acting roles, proving again
why he is considered among the finest
porn actors of all time. In this wide-ranging
performance, the bankable vet shows
he’s still on top of his game, carrying the
movie’s tension-filled scenes with both
finesse and power.
The story takes off when a pair of
handsome black brothers (Isiah Maxwell
and Jovan Jordan) knock on the family’s
door to spread the word of god.
“Love is blind,” Maxwell’s character
Matthew tells St. Croix as his daughters
look on. “Color is only color. Skin is just skin. A person is truly only created when
the lord asks what matters most—the heart.” St. Croix slams the door on the
young missionaries, but Noelle is already smitten with Matthew.
When the parents head out to catch a movie—they decide on A Few Good Men—
and leave their daughters home alone, Matthew and his brother come back to the
house under the guise of picking up the bible he left behind. But really it’s so he
can present Noelle with a bible of her own.
It wouldn’t be a B. Skow movie without a sick twist—and he delivers again
as St. Croix goes to visit a black stripper named Rhonda (Layton Benton), with
whom he’s been cheating. St. Croix and Benton throw down in a spirited balling
and now we know Noelle and Shauna’s father is not only a racist, he’s also a
hypocrite.
By this time, Shauna has found her way to the house where Matthew and his
brother (Jordan) live, and she pairs off with Jordan for the hardest scene of the
movie.
Meanwhile, Matthew decides he needs to face Noelle’s father “man to man” and
apologize for taking his daughter to his house without permission, despite what
might happen.
So Noelle, Shauna and the guys head back to the house and sit down with St.
Croix and his wife in the kitchen, where things go south in a hurry.
“I’m sorry,” he says before the abrupt, gritty ending that won’t leave you feeling
cheated but will make you think.
It’s another healthy dose of heavy-hitting hardcore from Skow & Co., who
continue to go to dark places with dramatic effect and don’t apologize for it.
— Dan Miller
Skin Deep From left, Reena Sky, Adriana Chechik and Layton Benton.
ratings guide>
review guide>
AAAAA
AAAA 1/2
AAAA
AAA 1/2
A rare honor bestowed on only a handful of releases each year.
Outstanding. The sex is scalding; production values are top-notch.
Excellent. Multiple orgasms assured. Stock several copies.
Above average. Definitely strokable. Unambiguous recommendation.
All-Girl No boys, maybe some toys.
Interactive DVDs that allow viewers to choose from a range of actions and performers.
All-Sex Nothing but wall-to-wall action, baby.
Interracial For fans of dark and light meat.
Amateur Performers you’ve never heard of, shot with equipment available at Target.
Oral All about the pleasures of the mouth.
AAA
Anal Banging on the back door, mostly.
Parody Mainstream titles seen through the porn lens.
Average. Run of the mill. Par for the course. Get the picture?
AA 1/2
Big Butt The cheekiest porn around.
POV To misquote Christopher Isherwood, “You are the camera.”
It’s a pretty run-down mill. And that sand trap is a bitch.
Big Bust Boobs, racks, melons, juggs ...
Pro-Am Features little-known to unknown performers sometimes paired with name stars.
AA
You’ll probably need a crane to get it up.
Ethnic Focus on performers of a specific ethnicity.
Even a crane won’t help.
Vignette Sex scenes depicting self-contained stories or scenarios, with or without a connecting
device.
Gonzo Porno vérité, in which performers acknowledge the presence of the camera, frequently addressing viewers directly through it.
MOVIES
Specialty Fetish and other specialized adult entertainment genres. Genre specified in parentheses.
A 1/2
Feature Plot-oriented movies, aimed primarily at couples, emphasize acting and dialogue.
A
Try jerking off in the shower instead.
Young Girl The doctors of tomorrow funding their education today.
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