Mainstream Movie Porn Sucks: How Real Sex in Real Movies Is a Real Distraction

Porn re-inserts itself into the arthouse with this week's The Canyons, co-starring adult industry stud James Deen, and next week's Lovelace, a biopic of the Deep Throat star--two highly publicized releases that reconfirm the hopelessness of going hardcore in mainstream movies. Whether it's works that inject un-simulated sex into their...

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Porn re-inserts itself into the arthouse with this week’s The Canyons, co-starring adult industry stud James Deen, and next week’s Lovelace, a biopic of the Deep Throat star–two highly publicized releases that reconfirm the hopelessness of going hardcore in mainstream movies. Whether it’s works that inject un-simulated sex into their fictionalized tales, those that cast actual porn stars in a misbegotten bid for extreme-sex credibility (The Canyons), or those that are specifically about adult entertainment (Lovelace), porn pretenses are the surest means of making a feature film un-sexy, if not downright desperate and more than a little laughable.

This isn’t a slam on porn itself, or a call for the type of schoolmarmish pseudo-censorship being shoved down the throats of the English–who, thanks to Prime Minister David Cameron, will soon have to notify their ISPs if they want to others throats. no matter one opinion of x-rated movies–be they narrative-driven hardcore gonzo–actual pornography generally delivers exactly what it advertises: namely graphic sexual acts filmed for the self-gratification its audience. is fundamentally a functional art form providing sights and sounds intended to help viewers–typically men–get off.>

Mainstream Movie Porn Sucks: How Real Sex in Real Movies Is a Real Distraction

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