I do have a distinct problem with the way sex is treated in american shows. In this prude/porn divsion way.Nudity is a much more casual thing here. I have seen all of my better friends naked and people who wrap in a towel in the sauna are weirdos over here. So what I dislike is this split between body and mind, where sex is something purely physical and the mind is sexless. That's why I loathe sexscenes, that are there just to provide a prudish watcher with visuals.
To me with both sex and violence it depends strongly on how it is done. Exploitive sex scenes, ugh, sex scenes with an emotional plot going on, yay (and that does not mean love story). Glorification of violence ala standard superhero action movie, ugh. Nitty gritty, not exactly yay but at least it is closer to the ugly face it really has.
No, me personally, I do not have much violence going on in my life. But the EU is involved in wars, political descisions I make lead (even if it is a very very small bit) to more or less violence. Consumerism is a war on other countries on it's own. What I do here has consequences somewhere else. So I don't think it is something I can ignore.
Also I am/ was confronted with violence in my life. Not with a war or with Martin scale bloodshed, but with the abyss of human cruelty. Definitely. I do completely understand that sometimes you just have enough and don't want to read about it anymore (I feel the same sometimes), but I would not say it is a flaw in a story, just another topic one wants or wants not to explore?
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Date: 2013-04-29 10:53 pm (UTC)So what I dislike is this split between body and mind, where sex is something purely physical and the mind is sexless. That's why I loathe sexscenes, that are there just to provide a prudish watcher with visuals.
To me with both sex and violence it depends strongly on how it is done. Exploitive sex scenes, ugh, sex scenes with an emotional plot going on, yay (and that does not mean love story).
Glorification of violence ala standard superhero action movie, ugh. Nitty gritty, not exactly yay but at least it is closer to the ugly face it really has.
No, me personally, I do not have much violence going on in my life. But the EU is involved in wars, political descisions I make lead (even if it is a very very small bit) to more or less violence. Consumerism is a war on other countries on it's own. What I do here has consequences somewhere else. So I don't think it is something I can ignore.
Also I am/ was confronted with violence in my life. Not with a war or with Martin scale bloodshed, but with the abyss of human cruelty. Definitely. I do completely understand that sometimes you just have enough and don't want to read about it anymore (I feel the same sometimes), but I would not say it is a flaw in a story, just another topic one wants or wants not to explore?