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Whoever though 'Magic Mike' as a sexy film clearly hasn't watched "Profumo di donna" - 1974, the Italian movie after which "Scent of a Woman" with Al Pacino was

Whoever though 'Magic Mike' as a sexy film clearly hasn't watched "Profumo di donna" - 1974, the Italian movie after which "Scent of a Woman" with Al Pacino was later adapted in 1992. The Italians were on a whole different level back then, and also the French and Nordic cinema wasn't pulling their punches when it comes to explicit nudity in films. Maybe the prude nature of Hollywood films is a reflection of the American society and of the Chinese one where many blockbusters are being pushed? That being said, as a European, I really don't care for sex scenes in mainstream movies, as they mostly feel forced and shoehorned in there and not relevant to the plot in any way, and are absolute cringe when the writers didn't spend any time or efort developing any attraction between the characters, and instead the script just forces them to suddenly f*ck because he's the male lead of the movie and she's the female lead, therefore they must get it on.

pjc50 4y ago
> Maybe the prude nature of Hollywood films is a reflection of the American society and of the Chinese one where many blockbusters are being pushed? And India. This is absolutely a factor in the decision not to include anything that might get censored by those countries. > not relevant to the plot in any way, and are absolute cringe This is a more subtle but true issue: the audience standards, and the production standards, for how to do intimacy well are higher. The widespread availability of internet porn has killed the market for "exploitation", and doing non-exploitation sexiness is a lot harder. To a great extent it's just moved to TV, which under streaming doesn't have to worry so much.