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1982: Teen Sexploitation, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Porky's and The Blue Lagoon (Erotic 80s Part 5)

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The Blue Lagoon - A Review of Pretty Baby

Brooke shot the blue lagoon when she was 14. The film's other main part was played by an 18 year old unknown named christopher atkins. Atkins showed up on location two weeks before shields, appar ly. Not trusting the untested atkins to produce a performance not based on lived experience, kleiser decided to try to engineer romantic feelings between he and shields. He placed a photo of brook above her costar's bed. As iser put it, i wanted him to look at her every night before he went to sleep. Naturally, by the time she arrived, he was in love with her. So the narrative associating brookshields with potential child

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