In January 2014, British TV network Channel 4 ran a five-episode documentary series called Benefits Street, which followed various welfare recipients living on James Turner Street in Birmingham for one year. The program generated highly charged responses from across the political spectrum. Some critics complained that it was “poverty porn”. Various followup documentaries and panel shows used Benefits Street to debate welfare policy afterwards.
Not surprisingly, British pornographers have joined the conversation by producing their own parody poverty porn featuring actual porn.
Pure XXX Films presents a series called Benefits Treat following the horny chavs of “James Felcher Street” in Birmingham. One breakout star of Benefits Street was known as “White Dee”, while Benefits Treat has a character known as “White DP”. You get the idea.
So far Benefits Treat has four scenes available — Episode 1 … Episode 2 … Episode 3 … Episode 4 — each with sample clips and behind-the-scenes featurettes.
Television X launched its own parody series entitled Friends With Benefits Street in May. It features a character known as “White Double D”.
Television X makes it difficult for North American viewers to watch its product on DVD or VoD, so the YouTube promo is all we’ve seen so far.