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At first glance, it appears to be a collision of distinct worlds: the iconic 19th-century adventure novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson; the avant-garde, boundary-pushing adult film studio Treasure Island Media (TIM); the aesthetic of “raw” authenticity; and the mythic, counter-cultural underbelly of Paris.

: The studio has frequently faced criticism and scholarly analysis for its representation (or lack thereof) of HIV and its deliberate avoidance of safety measures like condoms, which the studio views as antithetical to its creative philosophy. Raw Underground: Paris (Video 2010) treasure island media raw underground paris

Both reject the “hygienic gay” – the clean, gym-toned, monogamously-coded man of mainstream porn. But TIM does so with a political manifesto (Morris wrote essays, gave interviews). Paris underground does so with a shrug: c’est comme ça . At first glance, it appears to be a

In the context of Treasure Island Media, "raw" is not a marketing gimmick; it is a political statement. In Paris, during the filming of this series, the HIV prevention landscape was changing. PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) was not yet widely available, but the community was fractured. But TIM does so with a political manifesto