
Kristen Johnston at screening of 'Finding Bliss', Museum of Sex-Photo: Kiša Lala
Julie Davis’ romantic comedy on the adult film industry Finding Bliss, premiered at Manhattan’s Museum of Sex. While guests browsed sheepishly around cases of strawberry-juice condoms and yard-long purple vibrators, the film’s leads, Leelee Sobieski and Kristen Johnston breezed in with a noisy entourage to introduce the screening. The film summons stereotypes on both sides of the Hollywood gutter – those climbing the rungs of major movie studios, and those equally desperate, actors in the porn industry (excuse me, adult films), where the brown-nosing is more clearly sanctioned.
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