From The Archives: Randy Barbato And Fenton Bailey – Inside Deep Throat0

by Daniel Robert Epstein

“The message of Deep Throat was different strokes for different folks.”
– Randy Barbato And Fenton Bailey

I first saw Deep Throat about 15 years ago on grainy bootleg VHS tape [remember those?]. At the time I thought that Cinemax Friday Nights after Dark were more scandalous and titillating. However Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s documentary Inside Deep Throat schooled me just as it will school everyone else who forgot or never knew what an impact the seminal porno film had on this country. Through brand new interviews with director Gerard Damiano, Norman Mailer, Harry Reems and archive footage of Linda Lovelace we find out just why Deep Throat polarized America and ended up grossing over $600 million.

Read our exclusive interview with Randy Barbato And Fenton Bailey on SuicideGirls.com.