Iron is struck while it’s hot. That was guiding principle of Bob Clark following his 1981 semi-autobiographical film Porky’s, which had successfully mixed 1950s nostalgia with raunchiness of 1980s teen sex comedies. Almost immediately he began to work on the sequel Porky’s II: The Next Day, which was released two years later.
Plot begins the morning after the eventful night during which the protagonist, high school student Edward “Pee Wee” Morris (played by Dan Monahan) finally managed to lose his virginity. His euphoria about such achievement is somewhat dampened when his friends point out that Wendy Williams (played by Kaki Hunter), girl with whom he had sex, already has a reputation of an “easy” girl. He tries to get even with friends by staging complicated prank involving graveyard and prostitute, but it fails miserably. In the meantime, his mother (played by Ilse Earl), who also happens to be drama teacher, produces Shakespeare Festival featuring “Pee Wee” and his friends as cast. This event is, however, passionately opposed by Reverend “Buba” Flavell (played by Bill Willey), fanatical and influential preacher who claims that Shakespeare’s works as obscene. His cause is aided by Ku Klux Klan, whose members are infuriated with Romeo being played by Seminole student John Henry (played by Johnny Runningfox) in the scene in which kisses Juliet, played by white girl Wendy. Faced with threats, violence and political pressure, “Pee Wee” and his friends refuse to back down and instead decide to use their talent for pranks in order to expose their enemies as perverts and hypocrites.
It seems that Bob Clark lost some of its inspiration, at least judging by the opening titles which, unimaginatively, feature highlights of the previous film. Porky’s II has also relatively weak and incoherent plot, which takes clear shape only in the second half. Quality of humour is slightly lower and, interestingly enough, there isn’t that much explicitly sexual content. Porky’s II feature more male than female nudity, which is quite a rarity for the films of the genre. While the subplot involving Shakespeare Festival gives opportunity to cast members to show more acting range, it is compromised with almost complete lack of subtlety in which Clark shows racist and bigot characters. The only variation represents the character of seemingly broad-minded liberal politician (played by Edward Winter) who is in the end revealed to be as hypocritical and corrupted as his conservative counterparts. The cast is good, with Dan Monahan winning the audience’s favour despite his character being sex-obsessed teenager, while Kaki Hunter tries very hard, but sometimes can’t overcome the weak script, like in the restaurant scene near the end. Porky’s II, despite occasional bright moment, mostly represents waste of time and can’t be recommended to anyone other than most fanatical aficionados of 1980s teen sex comedies.
RATING: 4/10 (++)
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