In fairness, the "gonzo porn" trend of the 90s was about realizing narrative scenes have no sexual purpose.
In fairness, the “gonzo porn” trend of the 90s was about realizing narrative scenes have no sexual purpose.
Honestly I’m with Colin Spacetwinks in saying “arousing scenes in not otherwise pornographic movies”, including shit we don’t think about today like the whole rape-revenge genre, was an artifact of more constricted mass communication channels
Like no one talks about Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition anymore, which was basically American gravure. I assure you they used to well into the 90s, past the football-phone TV ad era, cause it was this well-known, winked-at cultural institution.