‘Pam & Tommy’ Review: Hulu Brilliantly Explores the OG Celebrity Sex Tape Scandal – Complete With Talking Penis
thewrap.commuch better people now; we are not, say, as ignorant of sexism or racism or economic disparity as those rubes from a past decade were.
We might not come out forgiving O.J. Simpson, but we now appreciate the forces at play — and, man, do we feel for Marcia Clark.Hulu’s new miniseries “Pam & Tommy,” telling the story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s incendiary 1990s sex tape, fits nicely into that mold, and it is often a blast to watch for all of the above reasons.
It also brings the added dimension of a wilder side of the story that has not been as thoroughly told — that of the guy who stole the tape and realized the potential of selling it on the nascent World Wide Web before celebrity sex tapes or internet porn became established profit centers.“Pam & Tommy,” based on a fascinating 2014 Rolling Stone story by Amanda Chicago Lewis, ably walks the line between camp and serious re-examination in the hands of “I, Tonya” director Craig Gillespie and “The Founder” writer Robert D.
Sigel. They join producers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, who bring the same humor they brought to projects from “Superbad” to “The Interview.” There is, after all, a bit with a talking, animatronic penis.
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