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Rock Opera Humanizes 'Deep Throat'

Bumpy life of Deep Throat star hits LA stage

By Sarah Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 15, 2008 2:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – Slut or victim? Porn star or feminist? A Los Angeles stage production tackles the contradictions of Linda Boreman—better known as Linda Lovelace, of 1970s hit Deep Throat, the Los Angeles Times reports. The creators of Lovelace: The Rock Opera “wanted to know Linda as a person, beyond the controversy,” Anna Waronker says. “She was an incredibly brave person whose every change in life was put on display.”

Theatergoers shouldn't expect any X-rated action. “You're not going to see (Lovelace star) Katrina Lenk deep-throating anyone,” co-creator and former Go-Go Charlotte Caffey says. “We're porn-neutral.” Format-wise, it took Waronker and Caffey years to decide to go the route of Tommy. “Any dialogue people tried to write gave the story a campy vibe,” Waronker says.

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Linda Lovelace poses on a film set in England in 1974. (Getty Images)

Charlotte Caffey, a member of the band the Go-Go's, was a driving force behind "Lovelace: The Rock Opera." (©Kingsnake)

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For me, the story is about that tendency people have to let another person, or a religion, or a government make you feel you should be treated poorly. - Katrina Lenk, star of Lovelace

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Rock Opera Humanizes 'Deep Throat'