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Dec 2022
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Episode 153: How Movie and TV Sex Scenes...

DR. JUSTIN LEHMILLER
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Intimacy coordinators carefully choreograph sexual and intimate scenes to ensure respect and safety for the performers. However, what they actually do—the nuts and bolts of it all—is difficult work that oftentimes goes unrecognized (or is taken for granted) by the time a movie or TV show reaches our screens. So what all goes into filming scenes t ... Show More
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