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Penthouse magazine, had attached himself to this production for the sole purpose of intercutting Shakespearean actors with hardcore sex scenes. Nobody on the film crew knew or suspected that until too late. Why was this his interest? Answer: He wanted to change the law, he wanted to put an end to vice squads raiding porno houses, he wanted to ensure that hardcore would be permitted at mainstream cinemas, and he wanted to guarantee that hardcore films would never again be restricted to off-the-beaten path porno cinemas. That begs the question: Why? He and his group of Penthouse companies had no legal standing in overturning such laws and restrictions. Guccione and Penthouse were not operating porno houses nor were they distributing porno movies. Despite having no involvement in the business, Guccione went out of his way to make the world safe for bondage distributors and exhibitors of hardcore sex movies. He went out of his way to obtain legal standing in this matter. He essentially wanted to close down the porno houses and move hardcore movies into mainstream cinemas. So: Why? When I use my imagination, I think I can guess the correct answer. I think you can, too.