Swingtown

Swingtown premiered last night and my husband and I watched it together. If you don't know the premise of the show, it's about a group of families in suburban America set in the 1970's. Disco, drugs and free love are givens, but the real focus is on the "free love" part.

Swinger parties, wife swapping and sexual exploration abound here. This is a great chance to get some nice skin shots of hotties like Grant Show (above) if you can get past his silly porn 'stache. The music is 100% 70's and my husband LOVED that part of the show. The sex scenes (this is CBS ya know...) are obviously watered down/behind closed doors, but that doesn't take away from the sexiness of the show.

I'm not sure either of us is really into the show yet, but we'll probably give at least the 2nd episode a try. Neither of us likes to see drugs of any kind, so seeing joints passed around and qualudes given out like candy really turns us off.

Obviously this show is an attempt to examine modern polyamorous relationships by looking at swingers back in the 70's. Of course moderm poly is quite different, it can mean different things to different people. Less focus is placed on sex and more on relationships.

Now, if we can just talk Showtime or HBO to start a series about BDSM or Leathermen, that'd be fantastic!

- PaunFarr