Re: This is precidely my point Magoo...
Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 5:07 am
It all boils down to the age old debate of 'pornography' vs 'erotica'.
If it costs twenty quid and is available to everyone, it's pornography.
If it costs twenty grand it's erotica. Similarly, if most people will enjoy watching it (ie a porno) it's disgusting, but if the appeal will lie only with a few (Baise Moi, Romance), then it's okay. BTW, is it only me that thinks that, without fail, every single one of these arthouse films featuring hardcore is a dull watch? Love a decent bit of foreign movie action, but these films are just plain awful. Romance is, by far, the worst, IMHO.
My own particular bugbear is The Erotic Review. A bunch of poshos playing at being smutty. And that bloody 'Once More, With Feeling' book. Aaaargh! Almost had an embolism when I saw the pair of twunts who wrote that talking about their "adventures in pornography" on Johnny Vaughn's TV show.
Still, nice to see Channel 4 are repeating the Ron Jeremy documentary tonight. Here's hoping they give the fantastic Bunny Ranch prog a second showing, too.
If it costs twenty quid and is available to everyone, it's pornography.
If it costs twenty grand it's erotica. Similarly, if most people will enjoy watching it (ie a porno) it's disgusting, but if the appeal will lie only with a few (Baise Moi, Romance), then it's okay. BTW, is it only me that thinks that, without fail, every single one of these arthouse films featuring hardcore is a dull watch? Love a decent bit of foreign movie action, but these films are just plain awful. Romance is, by far, the worst, IMHO.
My own particular bugbear is The Erotic Review. A bunch of poshos playing at being smutty. And that bloody 'Once More, With Feeling' book. Aaaargh! Almost had an embolism when I saw the pair of twunts who wrote that talking about their "adventures in pornography" on Johnny Vaughn's TV show.
Still, nice to see Channel 4 are repeating the Ron Jeremy documentary tonight. Here's hoping they give the fantastic Bunny Ranch prog a second showing, too.