I Feel So Enlightened Now

Whenever I see a genre in the video store like "Erotic Thriller" I want to weep, since I know it will likely achieve neither. As far as I'm concerned, people who watch these films are simply too embarrassed to just give in and rent/watch porn.

I'm also confused when porn films have a story. I'm not sure how many have an actual plot, since as soon as I see someone clothed talking in a porn film, my finger is fast-forwarding faster than it's capable of doing anything else.

I simply cannot comprehend why these films need any background. I'm not trying to learn about these characters lives (What is the character's daily existence like beyond this film? Did she go grocery shopping that morning? What brought her to the point where she wished to have sex with that guy with the tats?)

Still, this story thing obviously appeals to some, so I digress... Here are just 2 particularly odd genres/concepts I've come across (no pun intended. No really, none.) in my "journeys".

A porn/spoof:

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Oh it's "hilarious", is it?! Well that's what I need in my erotic material, don't know about you...

"Oh, damn, that is funny!!! I'll have to make a mental note to masturbate once I stop laughing."

But what about this film which claims to have a:

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Oh gooood. 'Cause that's why I watch porn - for the scathing social commentary...