{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 31: Shortbus","description":"Is the indie film&amp;nbsp;Shortbus really a poly film?&amp;nbsp; This movie claims to have it all - alternative sexuality, BDSM, polyamory, consensual &amp;amp; ethical non-monogamy, swinging, &quot;free love&quot;, and more.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; I'm just going to come right out and say it ... I didn't like this movie. I know, it's all groundbreaking with its use of real, actual, penetrative sex among the actors and it's gritty look at alternative sexuality. But I didn't like it. I didn't like the characters, I didn't like the situations, I just didn't like it. Shortbus is a movie that takes us on a series of vignettes of random people with no other connection to each other except the Shortbus - an alternative club that features a drag queen host and just about every sexual desire you can imagine. We have the sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, the gay couple who want to add a third to their family (well, one half of the couple wants to add a third), the creepy voyeur across the street from the gay couple, and the depressed dominatrix. Yeah, it belongs on a poly-ish movie list because the movie embraces all forms of relationships and sexualities, including consensual non-monogamy. I just thought it was a crappy movie that tried too hard to be avant-garde. The moral of the story seemed to be &quot;sex with strangers fixes everything&quot;, and that bores and irritates me. But just about everyone I know loved that movie, so don't avoid seeing it just because of my review. We might have different tastes in films, and I seem to be an outlier on this one. polyamory; polyamorous; poly; polya; polyam; poly-ish; nonmonogamy; non-monogamy; ethical non-monogamy; consensual non-monogamy; ENM; CNM; opening up; open marriage; open relationship; hierarchy; hierarchical; couple privilege; unicorn hunter; triad; love triangle; vee; threesome; m\u00e9nage \u00e0 trois; quad; polygamy; bigamy; adultery; cheating; affair; infidelity; mistress; polygyny; polyandry; mfm; fmf; mff; relationship; polycule; group sex; swinging;&amp;nbsp;wife swapping; partner swapping; ethical slut; unicorn; couple; throuple; thruple; NSSO; rbamp; lesbian; queer; LGBTQ; LGBTQIA+; movie review ","author_name":"Poly-ish Movie Reviews","author_url":"http:\/\/www.polyishmoviereviews.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6048430\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/18212299"}