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SOMETHING_VISUAL

                                              December 14, 2002

I'm not a big fan of much of the video
porn I've seen, but then I haven't made
any serious attempt at getting into the
subject, e.g. it never occurs to me to
read reviews of porn videos, so renting     (One of the
one is always a total gamble done on        problems is that
impulse.                                    Good Vibrations
                                            closes too early.)

The still photo is probably a
better medium because it's a
simpler art form and there are
fewer things they can get wrong.

Also, there's a point that McCluhan
made a long time ago about "cooler"        "I sometimes wonder if men's
mediums being more engaging because        taste for visual porn
there's more room for the play of          indicates a lesser capacity
your imagination.                          for visual imagination, not
                                           the reverse, as is so often
           EROTICA_GAMES                   supposed."  -- Zoe of alt.gothic

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                                           This is cute, but why
                                           not apply it to other
                                           artforms?

                                           "Why do you keep reading poetry?
                                           Don't you know what words
                                           are like by now?"






The lack of technical skill
in most porn videos is often
complained about.


  I often wonder:
  is this a feature?            Does it (inadvertantly?)
                                leave more room for
  Does it make them             play of imagination?
  seem nasty/transgressive?

      Raw, nasty,
      dirty, gritty:            Conversely, I've heard
      ugly.                     the complaint that if
                                it's marketed as "erotica"
      Alternately:              it's going to be boring.
      I've heard it argued
      that porn is faddish           It avoids being
      and hence must be              "disturbing" and
      made very quickly:             hence avoids hitting
                                     the transgression
        There's certainly            button.
        some truth in that.


                But on the other hand
                at least some can
                made with a more
                "classic" appeal.

                "The Art of Bondage"
                series is unlikely
                to seem dated soon:

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