Article: VH1's Pale Effort to Explore the Sexual Revolution

This is compelling television to be sure -- after all, we're talking about sex: hippies cavorting in the altogether. Women's libbers brandishing their bras. Playboy bunnies and Hugh Hefner. Helen Gurley Brown and Burt Reynolds's naked centerfold. Suburban swingers. Jaybird-naked couples shedding what remains of their inhibitions at the infamous Plato's Retreat. Drag queens and porn stars.

But there's something missing from this made-in-America tableau: Almost every single one of the characters in the spotlight is white.

Such is the case with VH1's new, four-part documentary series: "Sex: The Revolution," which debuts tomorrow night. "Sex" presents a sweeping survey of the seismic ...

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