• guyrocket@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Seems kinda odd to me that sex should be segmented away from “normal” life. I am seeing several comments here along the lines of “If I want to see sex I’ll watch porn”. Isn’t it normal for sex to be part of life? Why must it be so separate from everything? Seems kinda unhealthy, tbh.

    To be clear that I am not advocating doing it on the front lawn. But it is normal for sex to be part of one’s “regular” life.

    • UrLogicFails@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Even though it’s not the reason given in the article; in my own personal experiences I dislike sex scenes in movies/ TV (even though sex is a natural thing) because it rarely actually adds much to the plot that you could only get by seeing the sex happen.

      People like to joke that you never see TV show/ movie characters go to the bathroom or say goodbye before hanging up, but there’s a reason for it. Story telling is a time constrained medium and you need to trim the fat when it comes to unnecessary details.

      With that in mind, sometimes it really feels like the only reason a sex scene is being shown is not to advance the plot, but for the audience’s titillation.

      Of course, all this is just my personal opinion, and not an objective fact; but to me sex scenes are rarely important to the plot and just feel unnecessarily tacked on.

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      1 year ago

      I think sex is normalized as a part of life, but what about people who choose not to make sex a part of their life? Not saying there should be no sex scenes in movies, but how about making some movies and shows where sex isn’t shoehorned in, where characters of the opposite sex don’t need to be romantic as a standard

      I know the example that gets thrown around lately is the DND movie where Darvis and Holga just have a solid platonic relationship

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        A lot of Hollywood &-ish cinema decouples sex from relationships, as if it’s a “good boy” treat for winning the day or if it’s a a cautionary tale of urges gone wrong. Try the foreign cinema of Spain, Italy or France and you can see how it’s part of the character’s development and growth in a film, and not just a plot point.