I wasn't really sure what to expect from Gush, the latest in a long line of films by Good Releasing. Of course reading the back of the DVD case clued me in to the gist - some Q&A, some show and tell, supposedly all wrapped up in a hot and sexy package. Sounds like an interesting deal, but as it turns out it's a little muddled.The main portion of Gush is the Q&A "talk show" with Dr. Carol Queen and Michelle Meow in a radio studio, mixed up with sex scenes that help to illustrate the questions Dr. Queen covered. In theory, it sounds like a good idea, but it made the questions and porn both feel rather choppy and disconnected. Though the questions were kinda-sorta related to what the performers were doing, there wasn't enough continuity for me to really get into the scenes before they were cut off again. I can understand why they tried to intersperse them, since the talk show on its own wasn't particularly interesting in spite of Dr. Queen's sweet and approachable manner of addressing her callers. Were her answers to the questions good? Without a doubt. She completely avoided saying there was "one way" to find your G-spot, or that you'd need a certain $200 dollar toy or anything of that nature. But the questions themselves just felt... scripted and awkward. There wasn't really a direction to them, and it definitely wasn't any sort of progressive, guided tour of the G-spot. If I didn't already know where my G-spot was, I can't say that these questions really would have done anything to help me find it. In fact I'd say Good Vibes online how-to article, G-spot and Female Ejaculation, is a better basic primer than the radio show.
The sex scenes and couples were just as diverse as I expected from the description on the box. The couples are Syd Blackovich and Sophia St. James in the first scene, then Mirabelle Hayes and Maxwell Silver, Jiz Lee in a solo scene, Dylan Ryan and Mickey Mod (a rather long scene with an "plot" intro and two different locations), and the final scene has Gloria and Altair Shadow. Being focused on the G-spot, there's tooooooooons of fingering and lots of G-spot toys to be found through out all of the scenes, as well as safe sex practices and lube. Though they're supposed to be instructional (I think), they kind of... aren't. They're closer to scenes of normal people having sex, without any regard to teaching technique. The only two scenes that really appealed to me in any case were Jiz Lee's solo scene and the long scene with Dylan and Mickey. They just seemed to have the most fire and chemistry (is it possible to say someone in a solo scene had chemistry with themselves? Whatever, Jiz rocked it.) out of all the performers. There was nothing wrong with the other scenes, per se, but they didn't really strike any chords and I just felt like hitting fast forward.
The extras actually turned out to be more interesting and informative than the main Q&A, especially the 25 minute clip "G-spot Hunting with Dr. Carol." It was much more what I was expecting to see in the main feature on the DVD - talking about the G-spot, women's anatomy, pleasure cycles, and various myths. There's also a 45 minute slide show with Sheri Winston (a certified nurse and midwife), where she talks over slides covering the detailed features of arousal and anatomy. The animations on the slides aren't particularly good, but it is pretty interesting to watch if you really want an in depth look at anatomy. The last extra section had cast interviews, which I thought was the most helpful piece in regards to actual experiences with locating your G-spot and hearing women's real experiences and physical feelings.
So, all in all, I think if you're terribly curious to see everything, your best bet would to be to spring for one of the stream-to-own options, or see if you can convince your library (depending on how progressive it is about it's sexuality section) to get a copy of Gush. The information is interesting and the extras are very helpful, but I don't think I'll reach for this DVD again for the main feature.
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