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Having read articles about this for a long time, this one doesn't have much that's new, just an update on current practice. The see-saw aspect of attitudes about cinematic sex often end up with the question about whether sex will attract or repel customers. There was a period when it was considered "liberating" (whatever that means), but from what I've seen in movies, at least in the mainstream, not much is brought to the movie by more skin. There's not much more plot line movement that occurs in 10 minutes of sex than there is in a fairly quick suggestion that something happened.
On the other hand, if explicit sex is what you actually want, a 2 hour movie with 10 minutes of sex seems like a waste of 110 minutes.....just get down to business and quit with the dialog and plot action.
Personally, I don't care what people want to watch, but if I were financing a movie and someone brought a script that had a lot of sex time and/or action that was age-restricted, I'd have to wonder whether people will be going to see that movie because of the sex and whether that will offset the people that won't see the movie because of the sex. I doubt that sex is a convincing financial argument, especially in a world where you can stream more than you ever need to see for free and do it in the basement with the curtains shut.
Last edited by skizzerflake; 10-30-23 at 03:44 PM.