Arrow Productions, the porn house behind “Deep Throat” now bring you Deep Throat energy drink, fresh from the groin of the nation, Las Vegas. This energy drink should push boundaries, ride the envelope of taste and harken the drinker back to the heady sexy cocaine fueled days of the 70s, when Linda Lovelace the Porn Queen ruled in Times Square.

And there she is, in full G rated Pin -up Glory, the woman who said the only could do those scenes in Deep Throat because she was on Meth and Coke, forced by her husband to perform on camera at gunpoint while beaten around the legs. By the time that she became famous, the was already a drugged up abused and beaten whore, having appeared in rape and bestiality films. According to Linda, “When you see the movie Deep Throat, you are watching me being raped. It is a crime that movie is still showing; there was a gun to my head the entire time.” And what better way to honor that abuse and rape than glorifying her on a can of energy drink. But don’t fret, she wont be getting any royalties from this drink either, as she died in poverty in 2002.

My feeling is this – with such a great taste and such powerful liquid, leave Deep Throat alone and come up with a new line of drink, promoting all the Arrow line. Use flesh and old film school skin to push the porn of your drink without giving up to cheesy fonts in bright primary colors. Rather than going for tacky, use the same flavor and go for the 70’s porn class of a good Wakka Chikka Wakka Chikka coming out of my stereo. It would be more offensive to the general public without actually supporting a film where heinous things went on.

Taste:8
Well, really, the drink itself is in very bad taste – even though it’s flavor is very very good. It is actually a bit sweeter and milder than Red Bull, cutting down the citric quality of most Red Bull Clones. Even the smell is pleasant and very very drinkable. This is one of the few drinks that can make a Tuaca Bomb better than Green Monster. I only wish that the can was bigger so there could be more to drink. As of aftertaste, it is not so great. There is an oily residue left, and an odd texture on your tongue. While this is easily overcome by having some food or water nearby, it is not that pleasant.

Nutrition:8
he product still uses high fructose corn syrup, so there’s a syrupy coating left behind in your mouth. Each can has 110 calories and 27 grams of sugar. The energy drink ingredients are all in here, from Vitamin C and B to Taurine, Ginseng and Potassium. Overall this drink has enough nutrients to boost this way past the gag gift drinks these appeal to. This little can also has a whole lot of energy, wiring me up for a good solid couple hours. Problems are with the high fructose corn syrup, adding to the 110 calories per 8ox can.

Packaging:3
According to Arrow productions, the can is supposed to look vintage, appealing to both older men who remember the films and the newer younger generation looking for ways to offend the grownups. Unfortunately , this can really does not succeed on either level, looking badly printed and poorly designed. The closest thing you have to any sort of amusement is the slogan “Deep Throating the Energy Drink can may be a choking hazard.” This right next to a ruler. Still, the design is pretty cheap, with goofy printed text on the top and bottom, a sepia photo of Linda, and 2 completely different fonts above and below the Deep Throat logo. Since they are really pushing the reality TV angle of their upcoming show, they should get one of the designers at showtime show them how you cn sell a sexy drink without going over the top. Go for offensive, or go coy, but there is a million better options than going for this hackneyed design.

Website: www.deepthroatenergy.com 3
Much better than in previous months, but not major improvements. This still looks like something vintage too, and not in a good way. Lots of big ugly cheesy graphics and horrible layout. In terms of style, this site has more in common with those sites Angelfire used to host a decade ago. I am not surprised there is not blinking text in there somewhere too. Sure, it is useable, but from the lack of knowing how to use css to the most basic principles of how to build a web site, this site is one for the can.
The thing that gets me is trwdesigns also did www.stagedoorlv.com, a gorgeous piece of flash work that ran great and looked perfect. Of course TRW did not list this one in their portfolio, as this work is amateur –