crashfrog writes:
I, too, saw BCT&A when it first came out. It's about a couple who decides that having affairs is good for their marriage, and they try to encourage another couple to engage in wife-swapping. There is no nudity and no bad language.
Thank you for agreeing that the movie is about affairs and encourages wife-swapping.
crashfrog writes:
Um, maybe because it's possible to explore sexual relationships in a work without the intent being to cause someone to masturbate? By your definition, Romeo and Juliet is porn; Othello is porn.
Sorry but no. I have seen both "Otello" (the spelling here is taken directly from a poster I have on my wall) and "Romeo and Juliet" a few times and there is nothing R about either.
crashfrog writes:
Before climbing into bed the girls walk around for a bit in underwear that is more like bathing suits, and that's about as good (or bad, depending upon your perspective) as it gets.
It was titillating in 1969 and rated R.
Nothing R about "Otello", "Romeo and Juliet", or the statues in the other thread - in any age. And the question is not good or bad - it is good or evil.
jar writes:
It's certainly a satire, by the way, one that actually champions fidelity.
This contradicts crashfrog. Fidelity is the opposite of affairs and wife-swapping. Who can one trust?
belfry writes:
any work that features extramarital affairs qualifies as porn? Does that include the story of David and Bathsheba?
Again, thank you for agreeing that this is about extramarital affairs.
I am not saying that any work that features extramarital affairs qualifies as porn. The story of David and Bathsheba is 1) history and 2) does not promote (vs simply feature) extramarital affairs. B&C&T&A is 1) not history and 2) does promote (vs simply feature) extramarital affairs.
Extramarital affairs are called adultry in the Book where the history of David and Bathsheba is reported. And adultry is condemmed (vs promoted) in that same Book. Wifeswapping is far worse an activity to promote (vs historically report) because it implies ownership of a female (sexual slavery) on top of adultry.
You may continue to "call good evil and evil good" if you wish and therby promote evil. As far as I can tell, however, "{I} was endowed by {my} Creator (the author of the Book mentioned above) with certain inalienable rights" including the "liberty" to both exist in the context of and promote my Creator's definition of good. If porn is the incorrect label for this movie then it is because the movie's intent is worse than simply sexual stimulation. And I find being placed in that context discusting. Possibly, one of you would be willing to offer an adjective that conveys this thought? If so, I will use it instead of porn.
Very best regards to all,
Bob and Alice and Eve
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