It's exactly this type of controversial stuff that justifies the existence of tenure. It's an interesting topic to analyze and discuss, but the administration is jumpy and would probably discipline or fire a non-tenured professor if they came out with this course.
idk. I think it's useful to see how racial fetishes/stereotypes come into play if you're discussing that (negative) part of the industry, for example. seeing a white actress scream the n-word in a mainstream porn video probably has a different impact than reading what I just wrote, for example. or seeing how emotions and relationships are portrayed on screen. or even just seeing what acting actually looks like in a multi billion dollar industry. seeing what aspects are faked and how.
Took a cinema class once about 10 yrs ago. Most of it was "highbrow exploitation" as the prof put it - stuff like "Demonlover" from france or "Bad Education" from GOAT Almodovar.
However, we did two weeks where we basically did 70's porn - watched Deepthroat and then also an arty film where a guy jerks it to some gay porn from the 80's maybe? I think it might have been called k-y-p or something like that? I can't remember, sadly.
Granted, we also had some total bangers early on - "Man with a Movie Camera," "Germany Year 0," "Breathless." and "Peeping Tom." For a class on "Spectatorship", though, you eventually have to deal with porn.
If you're analyzing the viewer (rather than the text) then sometimes porn can be an object of analysis.
just reading synopses is fine if your goal is moral indignation, but serious criticism requires engagement with the text. whether it's "artsy" or "nuanced" is irrelevant.
The sex pests all drop when they realize that the class is 5 mins of watching a porn clip and 85 mins of talking about patriarchy and cishet sexual norms.
I think we should analyse porn, also college kids are old enough who caree. the biggest issue is the sex pest freaks are also gonna take that class
Volcel police stationed in the corner with a spray bottle in every class
if anybody is not absolutely disgusted by the exploitation of the sex workers on screen at all times, 150ccs of ice water to the face
Only 150ml?
I volunteer to spray people in the face with cold water everytime they show a hint of arousal.
Thank you for your service 07
@VolcelVanguard o7
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I'm glad you're so willing to engage with horny people. If the Volcel Police are recruiting, you should join.
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It's exactly this type of controversial stuff that justifies the existence of tenure. It's an interesting topic to analyze and discuss, but the administration is jumpy and would probably discipline or fire a non-tenured professor if they came out with this course.
This probably has enough pre reqs that only film majors would take it.
On the other hand one of the pre-reqs for being a film major is being a sex pest freak.
It's also in Salt Lake City, so it's Mormon sex pests at that
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I think they'll get filtered out early. If I was the professor, I'd just have gay porn on the first day and break down the fucked up shit there.
It's what I did, and those puritans never let me teach calculus again.
I loved logging in to see this.
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idk. I think it's useful to see how racial fetishes/stereotypes come into play if you're discussing that (negative) part of the industry, for example. seeing a white actress scream the n-word in a mainstream porn video probably has a different impact than reading what I just wrote, for example. or seeing how emotions and relationships are portrayed on screen. or even just seeing what acting actually looks like in a multi billion dollar industry. seeing what aspects are faked and how.
Took a cinema class once about 10 yrs ago. Most of it was "highbrow exploitation" as the prof put it - stuff like "Demonlover" from france or "Bad Education" from GOAT Almodovar.
However, we did two weeks where we basically did 70's porn - watched Deepthroat and then also an arty film where a guy jerks it to some gay porn from the 80's maybe? I think it might have been called k-y-p or something like that? I can't remember, sadly.
Granted, we also had some total bangers early on - "Man with a Movie Camera," "Germany Year 0," "Breathless." and "Peeping Tom." For a class on "Spectatorship", though, you eventually have to deal with porn.
If you're analyzing the viewer (rather than the text) then sometimes porn can be an object of analysis.
just reading synopses is fine if your goal is moral indignation, but serious criticism requires engagement with the text. whether it's "artsy" or "nuanced" is irrelevant.
As long as the professor is prepared to deal with them that's probably a good thing
The sex pests all drop when they realize that the class is 5 mins of watching a porn clip and 85 mins of talking about patriarchy and cishet sexual norms.
Honestly, I think challenging a straight guy on his porn opinions in the classroom might actually do some good for everybody.