16264, hmmmm....
Posted by jvictoria, Tue Feb-19-02 02:57 PM
>#1 it shouldn't make any difference.
> a sex scene is
>a sex scene.
it shouldn't make a difference, but it does. if billy bob thornton had been pluggin' the shit out of catherine zeta-jones or j. lo or somebody, that would of been a different thing. but the black body is already so oversexualized that directors tend to have a hard time being as neutral with its depiction as they are when it comes to white folks.
As
>long as it fits within
>the context of the storyline,
>it really doesn't matter how
>raw or wild it is
>or who the actors are
>and what race they are.
context is key. did you see monster's ball? the context was kinda ill...
>Is anybody complaining about the
>rauncy sex scenes that Michael
>Douglas and Glen Close did?
>Or Michael and Demi? If
>those two actresses were black
>then we should be mad?
nah, i wouldn't be mad about that. it's not about white on white vs. black on white. i'm saying that there seems to be some awkwardness in films (which i think comes from society as a whole) when it comes to sex, particularly between black people and white people.
>Or are you projecting your
>own discomfort with interrracial relationships
>onto the film? (I'm just
>exploring not accusing)
I think there might be something to that, actually.
>#2 The words sex and respectable
>should not share the same
>space. Sex is allowed
>to be raw and free
>of taboo between consenting adults.
Yeah...the only problem i have with that is that when it's all flowery and lovey-dovey and stuff between white folks and all raunchy, exoticized back-breaking sex between interracial couples. (i'm not saying this happens all the time, but i just haven't come across a lot of interracial sex scenes that have treated the intimacy respectfully.)
> I truly hope i
>never have any respectable sex
>or else i'm giving it
>up forever.
>
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