Naked Lunch

At a party he throws in Interzone, A.J introduces a famous pornographer for television and film known as the Great Slashtubitch. Slashtubitch prizes authenticity and says that it takes “sincerity and art, and devotion” (75) to work for him. As such, he becomes quickly and highly angered by actors who fake pleasure or orgasms while shooting his films—especially because, he claims, he can identify a real orgasm by the movement of an actor’s big toe.

Next, the group views a series of “on screen” scenes that Slashtubitch created. In one scene, a thin brunette woman brings a red-haired youth to orgasm. Another is a scene between a more dominant man, Mark, a woman, Mary, and a younger man, Johnny. Mary watches Mark penetrate and have anal sex with Johnny until Johnny ejaculates. They then have sex together on a vibrating chair. Mark and Mary then tie up Johnny’s hands and lead him to the platform of a gallows. Mark snaps Johnny’s neck and mimics his death throes. Mary has sex with Johnny’s dead body before starting to eat parts of his lips, face, and genitals. Finally, Mark has sex with Mary before hanging her in turn and then