In 1966 Human sexual response was being published in the United States by Masters and Johnson. As expected, most brain-washed church goers choked on it. Nowadays, there is a television series called Masters of Sex : a biography of the two authors. There were times (not so long ago) when film producers and directors were not allowed to show a couple in bed. Worse : film makers could not even show a toilet seat... It could be said that before the sixties, Americans did not have sexual or digestive systems.
Is it any better now ? Mention sex at work and some people can still get fired for it. Employers will find other reasons, of course : masters of hypocrisy !
Back to Masters of Sex itself, I see it as a very, very flawed masterpiece (no pun intended) . The basic idea was excellent, but why are all interior scenes shot in almost complete darkness ? There is absolutely no justification for it. My main criticism, however, is the fact that such a biography could have been presented in an excellent 90mn film. Yet it stretches out to something like 12 one-hour episodes. What a drag ! I gave up half-way through.
Such a pity, though ! The cinematography (when the scene is properly lit), the sound track and the music remind us of a genuine masterpiece called Why Women kill (part one) as is the obvious enthusiastic love of the director for gleaming American cars of the fifties and sixties.