Ashlyn Gere is ill-served by Vivid Video's (under guise of its Wave subsidiary) "Simply Blue", an assembly-line porn feature typical of the label's early days.
Set in Las Vegas, and likely shot there too, it is technically deficient, with some bad sound recording in line with a "sex is all that matters" philosophy on the part of hack director Layne Parker. Given that IMDb reveals that Parker was Gere's husband, that explains how he got this gig. I had previously watched his Vivids "Naked Desert" and "Starting Over", just as poor as this baby.
The team of Anna Malle and Hank Armstrong brighten up the show for a time but its lame story line and perfunctory performances make for a snoozer. That pair finds Gere, cast in the role of an artist, nude and abandoned in her home (filled with trendy wall posters of Madonna and the like) and cheer her up by throwing a party. That's an excuse for a three-way lesbian encounter featuring Felecia and Dallas, but the highlight of the show is a black light sequence of body painting involving Hank & Malle.
Ariel Hart's screenplay is zero-content, and poor continuity ensures this will be just another collection of five stand-alone sex scenes, suitable for use on the Vivid website and endless regurgitation as excerpts on other videos from Wave or Vivid. Hart's sense of humor is relegated to the character names, including Malle as June Taylor (without her dancers), Marc Wallice as Percy Faith (without his orchestra) and Alex Sanders as Troy Cressida (with apologies to Shakespeare).
Set in Las Vegas, and likely shot there too, it is technically deficient, with some bad sound recording in line with a "sex is all that matters" philosophy on the part of hack director Layne Parker. Given that IMDb reveals that Parker was Gere's husband, that explains how he got this gig. I had previously watched his Vivids "Naked Desert" and "Starting Over", just as poor as this baby.
The team of Anna Malle and Hank Armstrong brighten up the show for a time but its lame story line and perfunctory performances make for a snoozer. That pair finds Gere, cast in the role of an artist, nude and abandoned in her home (filled with trendy wall posters of Madonna and the like) and cheer her up by throwing a party. That's an excuse for a three-way lesbian encounter featuring Felecia and Dallas, but the highlight of the show is a black light sequence of body painting involving Hank & Malle.
Ariel Hart's screenplay is zero-content, and poor continuity ensures this will be just another collection of five stand-alone sex scenes, suitable for use on the Vivid website and endless regurgitation as excerpts on other videos from Wave or Vivid. Hart's sense of humor is relegated to the character names, including Malle as June Taylor (without her dancers), Marc Wallice as Percy Faith (without his orchestra) and Alex Sanders as Troy Cressida (with apologies to Shakespeare).