Dan Savage’s Hump Tour’ aims to portray a diverse range of human sexuality in a positive light. Not all smut is dirty, after all.
JUSTIN MORRISON AND KELLY O
Not all smut is dirty.
Nationally syndicated sex advice columnist Dan Savage will bring his annual porn film festival to New York this weekend with a mission that goes far beyond mere titillation.
A collection of 20 short films, “Dan Savage’s Hump Tour” is a mix of gay and straight, weird and traditional, funny and touching. But Savage only has one mandate: All films portray sex in a healthy and positive light.
“No poop, no animals, no children rule — but other than that, these films give a picture of just how diverse human sexual expression is,” Savage says of the series he began in 2005 in Seattle.
ELAINE THOMPSON/APSex and relationship columnist Dan Savage wants his “Hump” film festival to be a celebration of sex.Don’t look for any professional porn stars at the 2014 “Hump” screening; all the films were made by amateurs who share a penchant for exhibitionism and a love of sexuality.
One of this year’s 20 shorts was actually made in New York, and features a disabled person using her crutch to take herself to new heights.
Another short is called “D&D Orgy” and graphically depicts what happens when Dungeons & Dragons players find a new way to roll their dice.
Be a porn star for the weekend, not the rest of your life.
Other titles include the obvious “Hot ‘n Saucy Pizza Boy,” the sci-fi sex taboo, “E.T. 2: Dark Territory,” and “Go F— Yourself,” about a man who travels through time to do just that.
And one short about a lusty centaur, “Mythical Proportions,” is even done in claymation.
None of the films is online or available anywhere but at an official “Hump” screening. Not even still images from the movies are being released. After the last screening in this nationwide tour, the DVDs will all be destroyed.
LARAE LOBDELL/© LARAE LOBDELLDan Savage is based in Seattle. He started “Hump” in 2005.This allows participants to “be a porn star for the weekend, not the rest of their lives,” Savage explains.
With this safety net in place, the writer predicts plenty of New Yorkers will be inspired to submit their own original work for next year’s festival — which confers $1,000 prizes on audience faves.
Savage will be on hand for a question-and-answer session after some screenings, but he believes the films speak for themselves as they allow audiences to step outside their own dirty comfort zone.
“Usually people only watch the porn that turns them on,” says Savage. “At ‘Hump,’ you end up with a room full of straight people cheering for gay porn, and gay people cheering for straight porn. It becomes a celebration of sex.”
“Dan Savage’s Hump Tour” at Village East Cinema, 181 Second Ave., between East 11th and 12th Sts., 212-529-6799. Various showtimes. Tickets $25 at humptour.strangertickets.com.