Noah Berlatsky: Hulu's series “Pam & Tommy” uses Pamela Anderson's sexuality without her permission, and arguably at her expense. - NBCNewsTHINK
Feb. 2, 2022, 9:46 PM UTC“I don’t have any rights,” Pamela Anderson says bitterly in Hulu’s new limited drama series “Pam & Tommy.” The show mostly focuses on Anderson’s relationship with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee and how their private sex tape was stolen andDirector Craig Gillespie is very sympathetic to Anderson and presents the release of the tape as a cruel violation of her privacy and consent.
“Pam & Tommy” spends a lot of time with the couple in the title, but it also spends a lot of time on the man who stole their tape: carpenter and very occasional porn performer Rand Gauthier . Gauthier is contracted to do work on Lee’s house, but the drummer stiffs him and steals his tools. Gauthier in turn steals his former employer’s safe, which contains some guns, some money and the sex tape.