'A horny stranger threatening to lick someone’s underarms, but it might be one of the most charming TV moments of 2021'
Alex Sim-Wise preparing a foot fetish shoot. |
Remember OnlyFans? Of course you do. It's the content platform that tried to ban porn, which is about 90 percent of its output, earlier this year only to reverse itself a couple of days later. Initially it blamed payment processors but an Axios article suggests porn made it impossible for Only Fans to attract outside investors who are wary of reputation risk or are sometimes outright banned from investing in adult entertainment. Of course with only 10 percent of your business left, there is little that will excite investors.
Even more fascinating than it's financial angle is OnlyFans' content. In a review for The Guardian Joel Golby hits exactly the right note by alternating between being non-judgemental and surpise of what kind of fetishes sell on Only Fans. The best thing however about the documentary is that it show adult content creators as ordinary folks going through their lives. We're all human after all. (Hey, it's almost Christmas.)
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[1] The Watcher review: How to Make It on OnlyFans: the foot porn scene alone is Bafta-worthy
[2] How to Make It on OnlyFans is on UK's Channel 4.