“Behind the Green Door,” which helped bring hard-core adult films into the mainstream.”
They are still not “mainstream”. How many hardcore porn films are shown in theatres along side family films or on TV (other than adult channels)?
“They are still not “mainstream”.”
i think what they mean by “mainstream” is that there is now a consumer market for this stuff as opposed to going down back alleys or to shady “combat zones” etc. Heck they have award ceremonies for these things now (one time i was in Vegas they had a convention if you can believe that). some of these “stars” are well known and show up in real films and video games and cartoons.
Depends on what kind of “stream” you are “mainly” in........................
Sold in the same stores, viewable on the same cable networks, downloadable over the same computers...sounds about as mainstream as it gets.
Except nowadays it’s 12 year olds who are watching, not just dirty old men.
Back in the late 60s and early 70s hardcore was every where, not exactly mainstream, but soft porn was extremely prevalent in theaters across the country, much more so than today. It got so bad that a lot of the movies had no plot other than showing boobs and sex scenes.