…the exhibition follows an anthropological path. Well-written companion texts highlight the origin of the term “stag,” the amateur and often anonymous directors whose films shadowed the early 20th-century commercial film industry, the evolution and disappearance of narrative elements in porn in the 1950s, and the scenarios that form the rough foundation on which later adult films were built. It’s not about aesthetics per se, but rather the gritty DIY aspect of these flicks…