"You know, I never went to school for this," opines Seymore, adjusting his macro-lens for a close-up of Shane's asshole that, filling the entire screen of my 36" TV, appears to resemble nothing less than the surface of the Planet Mongo. (I half-expect an attack force spearheaded by Ming the Merciless to come shooting out.) Instead, Seymore launches his own rocket in her haunches and my mind jolts back to more earthly matters, awash with utter amazement at scene after scene of Shane's relentless carnality and Seymore's hapless, if happy obligation to fulfill her desires.

There's some kind of undefinable pornographic artistry at work here, and though I'm damned to get too precise about it, what I can say is that it's been a genuine pleasure to watch Seymore's growth in an arena already overpopulated with hacks. Sure, Seymore's a Stagliano wannabe — worshiper might better describe him — but there's no sense of the cynical in his vids, only devotion to the cause, and by now I'd say they're neck and neck in the running.

Of course, to fully appreciate Seymore's life work you've got to take large doses of Shane with the package; hardly a bitter pill to swallow since this delectable blonde (with an ass tighter than a short-sheeted bed) will do just about anything to please her man. This includes sharing her multi-orgasmic girlfriend Heather Lee, who's also prone to taking large objects up her rectum with the enthusiasm of a Cape Canaveral silo. Just for a change of pace, Seymore hangs back from the action to tape Tony Martino and Rebecca Bardoux going full tilt in the back of his van, where the confines of space somehow make their sweaty backdoor grope all the more intense!

With equal parts charm and sex, Seymore and Shane have become the William Powell and Myrna Loy of smut; splashes of semen substituting for gin and vermouth. A minor quibble: though the Vegas hotel room (where the majority of the feature is lensed) affords an ample environment for steamy tease, with Shane's soapy tits pressed up against the shower door, it suffers in comparison to the exotic locations of Butts in Paradise. Even still, Deep Inside deserves award nominations up the yin-yang.)