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Obviously Commonwealth United wanted to capitalize on the budding submissive顺从 — willing to obey nature of man and figured a film with the same title as the famous Sacher-Masoch novel would increase box-office sales. One wonders why not just make the Sacher-Masoch book into a movie but I guess back in 1969, showing a woman whipping a man was still considered controversial, therefore they decided to tease but not please its submissive顺从 — willing to obey male targeted audience.

Another problem the studio had with Franco’s story was his idea about a black trumpet player having sex with a white woman. They wanted to eventually market this movie to international markets, including America, and they felt this was also a taboo subject. Franco relented and re-wrote the film to incorporate these changes while still holding true to his idea about the jazz music being the core of the film.