Kinsey

Published: Nov. 30, 2011, noon

Episode 40 - "Bringing Sexy Back" - This week, we watched a Bill Condon movie about sex... except it wasn\u2019t \u201cThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn \u2013 Part I.\u201d It was \u201cKinsey,\u201d Condon\u2019s 2004 biopic about Alfred Kinsey, the Indiana University professor who dared to discuss sex in ultraconservative 1940\u2019s and 50\u2019s America. Where the latest Twilight movie treats sex carelessly, \u201cKinsey\u201d treats it thoughtfully; where \u201cJ. Edgar,\u201d the movie we reviewed last week, fails to express the importance of its protagonist in American history, \u201cKinsey\u201d expresses precisely why Alfred Kinsey matters. Ultimately, this little movie shows those bigger movies how it\u2019s done.