The Private Screenings films are, in a word, terrible. It’s a wonder Marilyn acquits herse

ThePrivate Screenings films are, in a word, terrible. It’s a wonder Marilyn acquits herself so well in these lurid, dull, softcore tits-and-ass flicks. In fact Marilyn adds the only touch of class to the low-cost productions which are long on nudity and short on laughs. Surprisingly, the R-rated Private Screenings found a wide audience on cable TV stations like Cinemax and Showtime in the early ‘90s and in the home video market in the mid-to-late '90s. When Marilyn didn’t have one of the starring roles she would often do the wraparounds, introducing and closing the film. “A lot of you were unhappy when I did the softcore stuff,” she said on her 1999 disc Still Insatiable. “But, hey, it paid the bills.” Read more here.