• RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works
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    I just think they’re weird and unnecessary. I’ve never seen a sex scene that was important for the plot. They seem to just be added because they’re sexy and I don’t need to be turned on when I’m hanging out with friends and family, so what’s the point?

    I have no issue with nudity, by the way.

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      I think there are several exceptions to this. Sex scenes in general follow “show, don’t tell:” having a character simply do X is usually preferable to having a character say “I did X.”

      Some examples off the top of my head:

      • The Terminator - It shows how the main character becomes pregnant with minimal exposition
      • Shoot ‘Em Up - It highlights the absurdity of the film, equates sex with gratuitous violence, and tells you about the characters
      • Sausage Party - it is an illustration of The Absurd in the wake of an existential crisis
      • Team America: World Police - It functions as shock humor that also satirizes other gratuitous sex scenes
      • Irreversible- There is simply no amount of dialogue that could illustrate the amount of horror and violence the scene conveys and bring about the proper emotional response from the audience
      • Jackie Brown - It shows how pathetic the main characters are
      • Tomcats - It creates a comedic moment when the timid librarian turns out to be a dominatrix
      • Trainspotting - The film compares the high from heroin to an orgasm, and the sex scene extends that metaphor and helps the audience empathize with the main character’s struggle
      • Requiem for a Dream - Shows how Jennifer Connelly’s character has hit rock bottom
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        • The Terminator - It shows how the main character becomes pregnant with minimal exposition

        So, you’re saying the Terminator is not the main character in The Terminator? 🤔

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      interestingly, they said this about “The Kiss,” an 18-second long early cinema piece (and the first cinema kiss) in which a man combs his mustache and then briefly pecks a woman on the lips.

      A contemporary Critic wrote: “beastly enough in life size on the stage, but magnified to gargantuan proportions and repeated three times over, it is absolutely disgusting.”