• azuth@sh.itjust.works
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    25 days ago

    It’s due to easier accessibility to porn. It both reduces demand for the relatively timid sex scenes in films and also reduces their edginess/shock value.

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      24 days ago

      Yeah, but I think sex scenes don’t need any shock value or compete with porn. They can depict the many ways sex influences people irl.

    • General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      I also think this is it. Sex scenes in movies used to have an effect on people. Now they just tune out and go get a snack and a drink or something until it’s over. Boooriiing. I will say, though, some filmmakers have been forced to get creative. That scene in Bladerunner 2049 was pretty hot. It didn’t even need to include anything gratuitous.