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On strip mall handjobs and sexless marriages: A first look at ‘Dead Bedrooms’
10.09.2015
03:45 pm
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Many longtime DM readers will recognize the name of Bradley Novicoff, a founding editor here at Dangerous Minds and one of my dearest friends for over 25 years (we met when we were… um… babies. 25-year-old babies, but babies nonetheless). He was also my producer for the Disinformation TV series and Bradley’s now applying a few new reality-bending techniques to his latest project, Dead Bedrooms, an innovative drama/documentary hybrid that examines sexless relationships. The script, to me, plays like a kinky Catfish meets the 80s Belgian cult favorite Man Bites Dog.
 

 
The below clip is part of the ramping up for the film itself. In it, an unnamed “hobbyist” walks a Dead Bedrooms producer through a typical “happy ending” massage parlor, pausing to reflect on his own sex-for-pay experiences. Pretty much everyone takes these places for granted in L.A.—they’re everywhere—but it’s not too often we civilians get a behind-the-scenes look at one of them.
 

The ‘Dead Bedrooms’ legs logo was designed by Leah Hayes. Check out her upcoming book from Fantagraphics, ‘Not Funny Ha-Ha.’

An Indiegogo campaign for Dead Bedrooms launches today, October 9th.  You can read (and watch) more about the project here. And for some truly harrowing tales from the sexless front, check out the Dead Bedrooms subreddit.

Posted by Richard Metzger
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10.09.2015
03:45 pm
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