Preaching to the Perverted
Pathfinder Home Entertainment
R1 DVD
Preaching to the Perverted
is a 1997 British comedy film written and directed by Stuart Urban. The film
stars Guinevere Turner who plays Tanya Cheex, a New
York dominatrix. Several well-known fetish performance artists appear in the
film including the Chaos Clowns, Zos & Kia, Luci
The Axle Grinder, Miss Kimberly, the Fetish Nun Suzi Woodroffe and Tutu.
Henry
Harding MP is a British member of parliament on a campaign against vice. He
hires Peter Emery, the son of his tea lady, who runs a small Christian computer
company called Holy Hardware to infiltrate and document the evils of the fetish
community. Harding believes he can use England’s antiquated 18th century sex
laws against the BDSM community. He unites with extreme feminists and starts a
media campaign while secretly having Peter infiltrate one of the most public
clubs, House of Thwax run by Tanya Cheex.
As
Peter becomes involved with the club, secretly filming it’s
activities, we are introduced to all manner of fetish, BDSM, adult infantilism,
human ponies, electro fetish and lots more. There are even my favourite, nuns
dressed in latex !
The
depiction of the clash between the censorious puritans and the pagan sex
community is fairly heavy handed and lack subtlety, but it is lots of fun. The
depiction of the underground fetish clubs is superb with some great bondage
footage. As Peter slowly treads the path of fetishism, he becomes taken with
Tanya and when forced to give evidence against the club decides to stand for
sexual diversity declaring that all the acts of BDSM he filmed were staged and
hence not illegal. This lands him in jail for contempt of court, but he comes
out a hero, Tanya is pregnant with his child and Harding is exposed for having
an affair with his secretary.
The
matching of excellent performances all round with a great score and stunning
visuals make this a truly memorable film. It is a true celebration of the
diversity of sexual experience with some of the very best depictions of
England’s underground sex clubs scene.
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