Orgies for the masses.

AuthorSullum, Jacob
PositionBriefly Noted - American Swing - Brief article

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Early in American Swing, a 2008 documentary about the Manhattan sex club Plato's Retreat, screenwriter and actor Buck Henry recalls the "free, third-rate buffet, which I always considered tempting but dangerous." That description fits the club itself. Yet even the photographer who picked up crabs in the "mattress room" looks back on her experiences fondly.

Through a deft combination of interviews, tv clips, and footage shot inside the club during its heyday, American Swing (now available on DVD) captures the tawdry appeal of the place. Larry Levenson, the Bronx butcher's son who...

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