Thursday, March 12, 2009
Sex In The Media
Sex is a very big part of todays media. It's becoming much more acceptable in society than ever before. Film uses sex to draw in viewers, as it can get away with a lot more than television's censorship. But where is the line between art and sleaze? This is going alone with our discussions on art films vs. mainstream films. It seems that art films get away with a lot more sexual scenes because they aren't trying to exploit sex, but rather depict it in a certain light, whether it's a good light or bad. Mainstream films seem to exploit sex, providing many sexual instances just in their trailers alone. Even certain roles in mainstream film require a stereotypical sexy girl/guy, an example that comes to mind is main or secondary characters in horror films. Are mainstream films just as entitled as art films to use sex in their story? Do they both use the same motives for including sex in their films or are art films more just in their use of sex?
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Mainstream films are just as entitled as art films to use sex in their stories as long as it's relevant to the story. Putting sex in the film just to try to sell more tickets when it doesn't help enhance the story or prove the point of the movie isn't good, but if they're using it to help bring credibility to the movie or prove a point, then I don't have a problem with it.
ReplyDeleteI agree, but o you think for the most part that sex is used as a tool in mainstream film? I think the majority of the mainstream movies use it simply to give spice to their film and draw in an audience rather than using it purposefully and relative to the story.
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