Thursday, February 18, 2010

Too Much Sex on TV? Really?

As most American parents are complaining, there is too much sex on TV. I disagree, and I challenge all of them to watch at least 1 foreign film (Anatomy of Hell, to be extreme) and see if they still feel the same way. What is shown in America is PG compared to what is in French films and other films from Europe. Lately I have been watching more foreign films then I ever have before, and to everyone but Americans (it seems), sex is art. Just yesterday I watched a film from Holland called the Fourth Man (remade in America by the same director, known as Basic Instinct). Basic Instinct, which is a pretty raunchy film doesn't compare to the raunch in the original. It's becoming more and more obvious to me that we hold back, we are scared to look into sex as an art form (and I'm not talking about porn, let's be mature). Granted, these movies make me a tad uncomfortable, and I'd never watch them with a parent, but they are still good movies none the less. Have we become too conservative? Or are we protecting ourselves from obscenity?

2 comments:

  1. Totally true. And "The 4th Man" was a fantastic movie, albeit really fucking disturbing. IN A GOOD WAY! :P

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