This article explores how adult cinema has grown up, the forces driving its maturation, and what this transformation means for the future of explicit storytelling.
The first genuine sign of maturation came in the early 1970s with what historians call the "Golden Age of Porn." Landmark films like Deep Throat (1972), The Devil in Miss Jones (1973), and the multi-million-dollar Behind the Green Door (1972) attempted something revolutionary: a plot. xxx matures