Oh! Answered my own query:
John Cameron Mitchell wants cash to make 'Shortbus' real sex comedy
John Cameron Mitchell, the creator and star of the drag hit "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," wants your money to make a comedy with real live sex taking place on camera. "The purpose of pornography is to arouse, whereas here," he said, "the priority is the emotional life of the characters. Sex," says Mitchell, "has been cheapened by porn." After a year and a half of rehearsals, having raised $60,000 from friends and supporters including music star Moby, Mitchell is out to raise the remainder of $2 million, but funders keep turning him down. "They really want to see it made, but they don't know how they can successfully market such a sexually explicit film, and one without a rating," he said. The working title of Mitchell's film is "Shortbus," from the name of a salon where the characters meet to give readings and performances - and sometimes to have public sex. It's actually modeled on real-life salons in Downtown Manhattan.
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