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Is Hollywood pushing back on intimacy coordinators?

Journalist Jennifer Wilson discusses her new piece about the role of a sex scene choreographer on sets.

Journalist Jennifer Wilson discusses the role of a sex scene choreographer on sets

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A woman holds another woman's hand as she caresses her face.
People attend an intimacy workshop run by Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC), to educate people in the entertainment industry on how to safely and effectively tell the story of intimacy in performance. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

In a recent New Yorker piece, Jennifer Wilson writes about intimacy coordinators, consultants on Hollywood film sets who supervise sex scenes. But she doesn't just report on the role and how it's fallen out of favour in the post-#MeToo climate, she also takes a course in intimacy coordination to learn the role for herself. 

Today on Commotion, host Elamin Abdelmahmoud speaks with Wilson about what she learned about intimacy coordinators from reportage and experience, and what the role says about sex in Hollywood and society. 

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You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Interview with Jennifer Wilson produced by Jess Low.

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