Netflix’s ‘Sexify’ Created by Piotr Domalewski, Kalina Alabrudzińska, Agata Gerc, Malgorzata Suwala, and Jan Kwieciński, is a Polish sex comedy that revolves around a computer science student named Natalia and her friends Paulina and Monika. They have to create an innovative and unique sex app related to the female orgasm to impress and eventually win the tech competition. Due to her sexual inexperience, Natalia must dip her toes into the world of intimacy with the help of her friends to achieve her goal.
The comedy tv series explores several relevant topics through humor, making it an informative and entertaining watch. In addition, it features impressive performances by talented actors such as Sandra Drzymalska, Maria Sobocińska, Aleksandra Skraba, and Małgorzata Foremniak. Additionally, the use of various locations, including a school and Sexify’s office, begs the question of where “Sexify” is filmed.
Where Was Sexify Series Filmed?
“Sexify” is filmed completely in Poland, particularly in Warsaw. Principal photography for the initial iteration of the comedy series appeared to be underway around August 2020 over a period of several months.
Additionally, filming for the second season likely began around January 2022 and ended about 80 days later in April of that year.
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Most of the key sequences for “Sexify” take place in and around Warsaw, Poland’s capital and largest city. By the looks of it, the cast and crew are seemingly using the premises of an actual school or college to film the high school scenes. Moreover, it is possible that they even camped out in one of the city’s film studios, mainly to film the interior parts.
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Since “Sexify” is a sex comedy series, it’s only natural that it includes some intimate scenes between the characters. To make it easier and more comfortable for everyone, several consultants and a sexologist named Iza Jąderek were on the set. In an interview with the Polish portal Onet, several cast members talked about working with consultants and how they helped shoot intimate scenes.
Sandra Drzymalska (Monika) said (translated from Polish): “Coordinators were very necessary because I have the most intimate scenes in the series. Thanks to them, I didn’t feel any threat… They were like a mediator between the team and me. Thanks to the coordinators, it is impossible to forcefully cross the actor’s boundaries, no one pressures you with the words ‘you have to do it, and that’s it’.”
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Aleksandra Skraba (Natalia) opened up about her experience: “It was challenging for me to start working with (intimate) consultants, but then I came to the sad conclusion that (I felt uncomfortable) because we are not used to safety (when filming sex scenes). Warsaw is located in east-central Poland and is home to more than 60 museums and galleries. Some are the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, the National Museum, the Carroll Porczyński Collection Museum, and the Independence Museum.
Sexify Series Review
It’s one of the most clichéd yet proven marketing mantras when it comes to selling products or attracting consumers to services: Sex sells. Advertising has long been full of sexual innuendo, and TV shows have boldly followed suit in the last decade.
If you’ve seen any major series that fall between Game of Thrones, Euphoria, and the controversial Netflix movie 365 Days, you already know how sexually explicit and gratuitous TV can be. That’s exactly why Netflix’s new Polish series Sexify fits in – viewers have been there and done that.
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Starring Aleksandra Skrab, Sandra Drzymalska, and Maria Sobocinska, Sexify is about an ambitious college student’s efforts to develop a game-changing app for both her graduate project and an all-important tech competition. After being warned that her tweaked sleep-optimizing app isn’t “sexy” enough, Natalia (Skraba) finally gets the idea to design an app called Sexify that simplifies female orgasms.
Natalia enlists the help of her friends Monika (Drzymalska) and Paulina (Sobocinska) to launch an innovative sex-focused app, and they learn about the caveats of female pleasure, try to help other women have better sex, and ultimately learn more about their respective sexual identities on their way. If you’re thinking that the premise of Sexify sounds eerily familiar, you’re right—Netflix has already charted similar territory with sex education.
To be fair, both of the streaming service’s original series have their own unique styles and distinct storylines, but Sexify feels deflated in contrast to its contemporaries, as its eclectic style completely trumps its narrative elements. Instead of proving to viewers that there’s more to the female orgasm than they first thought, Sexify assumes that viewers, like its characters, will be satisfied with vivid sexual imagery at the forefront. but unlike her characters, viewers can escape the world of Sexify with the push of a button.
Frankly, there are a few points in the show’s 8 episodes that offer the opportunity to do that. The first half of the season drags with the characters going in narrative circles, and by the third episode, the ragtag Sexify team has disbanded and reunited too many times to count. From the relentless and repetitive soundtrack – which is often awkwardly timed despite boasting an undeniably impressive and diverse assortment of hip-hop-inspired beats – to the general lack of direction the drama’s plot suffers from, Sexify regularly gets lost in its own gravy.
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If the grueling 50-minute episodes were shortened and the show was more focused overall, it would be a lot more enjoyable to watch, and the second half of the season — in which three of the four episodes were 40 minutes or less — would be a lot more fun.
There are some amazing plots and characters that would really shine if they were done better. Pauline’s side mission to find the perfect balance between satisfying her sexual needs, following her religion, and finding out if her engagement is worth saving quickly became one of the most compelling storylines of the entire season.
Even Natalie’s unwavering drive to succeed seems to be rooted in some underlying family drama that was definitely meant to unfold. Additionally, supporting characters such as Natalie’s laid-back college counselor, Dr. Krynicki (Wojciech Solarz), and the shadowy dorm warden (Ewa Szykulska), provided some of the funniest blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments.
With such a promising premise and several unresolved storylines, there’s still a chance that Sexify can make huge improvements in a potential second season and be a show that can stand up to its peers. But for now, the first season of the new Netflix original series is trying to win over viewers with its unusual portrayal of sex, and that alone won’t be enough to sell TV buffs on this mid-Polish drama.
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