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.
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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.