Adult Material

Longtime porn star "Hailey" surprises viewers with this raw account of how the adult film industry turns lives upside down. When Hailey, also known as "Jo Jo", experiences a violation of a new performer's consent on-set, she takes it upon herself to guide the mentor the new performer -- only to find that she doesn't know this deceptive, new, young performer at all. In this ultimately harrowing account of her personal life, Hailey must choose between her online persona "Jo Jo" and the privacy of her own family.

Viewers will find the provocative, raw, and emotional dialogue intriguing, questioning what sexual connections mean today in a world dominated by social media, plastic, and beauty filters. Those with experience or knowledge of what happens on pornographic sets may find the script relatable and especially poignant through the juxtaposed dialogue off-set during shoots within the first episode.

Altogether, the raw, provocative, and poignant account of Hailey "Jo Jo"'s descent from stardom to numbness showcases our growing need for validation and companionship above intimacy and sexual connection. Adult Material asks the tough questions of what it means today to live as an openly sexual being, consent, ageism, and most importantly, what connection even means in today's digital age.

In the world we live in, pornogrpahy is everywhere. This show gives an insight into the 'darker' side of the adult entertainment industry and the troubles actors/actresses face in every day life. Theres also a few humourous moments which keeps things light. I would definitely recommend this series!

Great acting, writing and directing. I watched one episode and ended up binge watching all four episodes in one sitting. Love the ending too.

Summary

Brief English miniseries that addresses with intelligence, sobriety and sensitivity the current small porn industry from the gaze of one of its stars, through the crisis that sooner or later the dark areas of that apparently friendly business will generate in the balance between his life pro like Jolene Dollar and the real Hayley Burrows.

Review:

Hayley Burrows is a woman who reasonably reconciles her work as a star of a small porn production company (with the stage name Jolene Dollar) with the role of her mother (she has a teenage daughter and a child) and her wife. But the debut of a young porn actress in the production company where she works will become the seed of a personal crisis.

The entire beginning of the series scripted by Lucy Kirkwood paints, even with a comedy tone, that idyllic balance between the two worlds of Hayley, that of the porn celebrity and the domestic one, with a husband (Joe Dempsey, the blacksmith of Game of Thrones) who acts as the community manager of the diva's individual porn ventures.

But the appearance of the young Amy (Siena Kelly) in a film will trigger a series of rethinking for Hayley about personal and work issues that she until now had kept in a territory between denial and unconsciousness.

What happens to Amy puts questions that have to do with consent, abuse and health in the mirror, unleashing a deep crisis in the protagonist, an awareness about the cracks and shadows of the apparently friendly work environment of the small porn producer (and not so independent) led by the flamboyant Carroll (Rupert Everett).

Haley suffers a kind of deconstruction of her character Jolene of hers that will have profound repercussions on her personal life and will illuminate her own personal history with a new light. She will contribute to unleash the crisis the meeting with a deputy (great role and performance of Kerry Godliman, whom we already saw in After Life).

Hayley Squires, in a remarkable performance, is the one who puts the body and traces the incredible physical and emotional journey between Jolene, the porn doll with stilettos and not so young anymore, and the Hayley who, from her domestic placidity, suffers the unraveling of his personal life.

In short, Adult Material soberly addresses the current small porn industry from the point of view of one of its stars and the crisis that sooner or later generates its dark areas.

Lead actress....what a performance. Director....original. Edited...like it's 2023. Why is this not understood, celebrated. " I may destroy you" bold, brave...this....well the other side of the mirror. Bravo to all involved.