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Pornography is, and it is, a deeply conservative genre. It’s not a genre where everything is permitted. It’s a genre based on a fundamental prohibition. We cross one threshold, you can see everything, close ups and so on, but the price you pay for it is that the narrative with justifies sexual activity should not be taken seriously. The screenwriters for pornography cannot be so stupid. You know, these vulgar narratives of a housewife alone at home, a plumber comes, fixes the hole, then the housewife turns to him, ‘Sorry, but I have another hold to be fixed. Can you do it?’ or whatever. Obviously there is some kind of a censorship here. You have either an emotionally engaging film, but then you should stop before showing it all, sexual act, or you can see it all but you are now allowed then to be emotionally seriously engaged. So that’s the tragedy of pornography.
Slavoj Zizek, Pervert’s Guide to Cinema
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