Episode 18: "Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate", 1985
Obscuria Filmcast by Abram Kaplan
Episode notes
Imagine you know a guy who struggles to approach women and assert himself, so much so, that he hires a professional to help him. I know what you might be thinking. Sure, guys have been hiring prostitutes forever to help them get over whatever sexual hangups they might be struggling with, but that's not what the 1985 film "Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate" is really about. In this probing and intimate documentary, Filmmaker Kirby Dick explores the sexual therapeutic journeys of two men, Kipper, a 25 year old painfully shy virgin, and John, a 45 year old divorcee who has been struggling with feelings of sexual inadequacy; and a woman, Maureen, The Sex Surrogate who is going to heal them. This episode contains explicit content and is intended for adults only.