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There's a real unmet demand for sex in film that isn't funny. That's actually hard to do, which is why so much porn is funny even when it accomplishes what it's there for. A guy hitting or choking a girl isn't funny, so it becomes a shortcut to "real" even when it's utterly fake
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I think you’re right, a big part of that might be that sex isn’t sexy often. It’s messy and emotional or boring, and you need to negotiate that with a narrative arc. Books do it well, The Pisces by
@melissabroder is a good example off the top of my headThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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do you have more to say about this?
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Well, hmm — it's really difficult to package a third-party "real sex" experience. I think
@default_friend is right that it happens more often in lit than in film, possibly because readers sub in so much more of their own memory and imagination when they're consuming that way. - Show replies
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