Supersex

I remember when i was 14 years old in 1991 we got the TV channel known as TV 1000 as our biggest TV channel yet. We could watch a lot of movies in all categories such as action, drama, horror, thrillers and much more, in a completely different way we have ever done before. But the most exciting thing about TV 1000 at that time was at midnight when a show called Tusen Och En Natt with host Ylva Maria Thompson. This show would show an adult movie with famous adult film stars such as Ron Jeremy, Peter North, Ed Powers, Traci Lords, Seka, Cicciolina and many more. I used to record a lot of different adult films on VHS that even my father´s male friends in construction work used to ask if i could record adult films to them as well. So in the 90´s i did watch a lot of porn, i even visited adult video stores as well. But this was when i was about 16 years old so this would have been in 1993. Either way let´s move forward to the year of 1996 and i clearly remember my class mates hearing i had a big porn film collection. One of the female classmates named Linda asked if she could borrow some Buttman films and of course she could. The funny thing was she told me later she watched some of these films together with her female cousin and....her own father. That was a bit bizarre for me but i didn´t say anything about it. She seemed to enjoy the Buttman films so im happy i could give her a chance to see his film. Another class mate of mine named Håkan was a bass player in a local metal band, and i remember at the school café one day he told me:- Daniel do you know what the most beautiful thing in the world to see? That is seeing Rocco taking a woman from behind. I remember looking at him laughing and said:- Uhhm ok Håkan, if you say so. I actually had several of Rocco Siffredi´s films on VHS back in the 90´s so i was very familiar with this Italian adult star. He was very well known for his big penis and seemed to be a very wild man in bed. Even though i don´t watch adult films these days as i used to in the 90´s and early 2000´s, i still remember some of the classic films for certain reasons. Last year i heard a Netflix series was coming telling the story of Rocco Siffredi and of course i was excited. It was finally time for a TV series to talk about the adult film industry in the 90´s in a TV series called Supersex. I finally sat down to watch all 7 episodes and the question is, does this TV series deliver based on the life of Rocco Siffredi or is this not as good as it should have been?

Paris, France in 2004. Legendary adult star Rocco Siffredi announce that he is quitting the adult industry after so many years in the industry. He feel he needs to walk away since his personal life is falling apart as he looks back into his past. Supersex is the loosely based story of Rocco Siffredi+´s incredible adult film career but also his rough childhood, how certain things in the past shaped him to become the star he is today.

One of the most important details when you are making a TV series based on a very famous celebrity is that you capture the right tone of this famous person, how they became the star and why people love them. In the case of Supersex i do feel that they really tried to tell the story of Rocco Siffredi in a way that captured his personality, but also the hard times he had to go through. Just because you are an adult star and makes lots of money doesn´t mean you have everything in life to make you happy, and you can tell Rocco did experience some rough personal events in his life. It may sound like a dream sleeping with several thousands of women, but does that guarantee hapinnes? We follow different parts of his life in flashbacks and it is especially interesting knowing his first sexual crush was a woman named Lucia, a woman who was too old for him at the time in the 70´s but was the most erotic woman he have ever seen. I think a lot of men worldwide can relate to this, we all had that special woman who filled us with lusts at some point in our youth. One detail i had no idea about was that one of his brothers was brain damaged and needed help with everything, that must have been difficult for him as well as his family. Luckily especially his mother took good care of him while Rocco learned that life is not always fair. Tragically his brother passed away as a child, he could not be saved. Even though there are other dramatic events they never make this TV series too soft and too dramatic. We do get some hot sex scenes and undressed girls as well as we follow his career. Lead actor Alessandro Borghi as Rocco Siffredi manage to balance both serious acting and the adult star personality, i especially think he does his best scenes when he is struggling with personal issues. The rest of the cast does a great job as well, especially child actor Marco Fiore as Rocco as a child. One issue would be that i feel they could have shown the darker sides of Rocco´s personality more, where he loose control of his sex addiction. We get some glimpses of that but not as dark as i was hoping they would show. I would still say that Supersex gives us a glimpse not only the adult world but also sexuality in general through the eyes of Rocco´s wild sexual life. All 3 directors of these 7 episodes have done a great job putting this TV series together and i had a good time with Supersex. If you love sex and adult films then this is definetely for you, definetely worth a watch on Netflix. Excuse me for a moment, im just heading over to the nearest swinger club. I heard they need a kettle of boiled water for their tea party.

Rating: DDD