It s not surprising to many observers that an X-rated film is being made at one of the country s most venerable academic institutions. What is surprising is that it is being made at Yale. As one posting on a StaXXX Internet discussion board put it, Making a porn tape seems so . . . But, the filmmakers contend, it s precisely Yale s stodgy, blue-blood reputation that made them want to be subversive in the first place. Besides MIT and Caltech, Cohen says, Yale is the least likely college where you d expect students to shoot a porn movie.
People think Yalies are all pale and pimply.
We re making fun of the Montgomery Burns in every single Yalie. When the irony of their ridiculing Yale s stodginess while refusing to speak on the record is brought to their attention, the men counter that that s precisely the point. We are establishment and, at the same time, we re saying, Fuck the establishment, Jimmy says. Only one member, Cohen, has been bold enough to tell his parents. He says they feel amusement at the idea and concern that this may reappear and haunt me later in life.