Alex Liu worries about his taboo fantasies — which had my attention! (Image via Herra Productions) I had a wonderful time watching the cheerful doc A Sexplanation, which is not the one about Britney Spears, but which probably helps us to understand why she was mocked back in the day: America, in particular, has a passionate love and hate for all things sexual.
We crave anything that turns us on, but tend to resent or fear anything that turns us on a little too much. Sex is both our driving force and something we dismiss, belittle and devalue — all the better to indulge in it secretly, and without judgment from others.
A Sexplanation co-director (with Leonardo Neri) and narrator Alex Liu sets out to demystify sex, inspired by his gay teenage