Instead of chanting, ‘dong is wrong,’ had to chant, ‘long is wrong,’” Rapoport says. “We shot a college protest on the USC campus, and we were not allowed to say the word penis. Instead, in another episode, as Minx creator and writer Ellen Rapoport tells me over the phone, she had to add the sound of a bunch of actors shouting the word penis in post.
The issue wasn’t the opening episode’s penis montage, in which many members flash across the screen as Minx’s editorial team attempts to choose its first centerfold-though, yes, some prosthetics were involved there. The comedy, set in the ’70s, follows a young feminist and a seedy, but lovable pornography publisher in the Valley as they collaborate on a nude magazine for women.
Some small-screen magic was required in the first season of HBO Max’s Minx.
