Product: Beefcake [VHS] (1998)
Rating: 5.0
Beefcake a celebration of male erotica
This movie was very interesting to me, as it addressed gay pornography before my time and when I was too young to view it. It was part documentary, part re-enactment, and a visual masterpiece. It was interesting to learn about the Athletic Model Guild, and its daringness for the times. It took major balls to have pursued the photographing of bare-assed men in a g-string or guys that were fully nude. There was an innocence to the photographs and to the models, too. As a kid, I had not known that there were photos of naked men before Playgirl came along. The first Playgirl that I had seen was the March 1975 issue. The gloriously hairy Al Cavuoto was the centerfold and was a source of amazement for me. After watching Beefcake, I can see what went on before the mainstream male erotica came forth.