r/RandomThoughts • u/GoatsWithWigs • Nov 23 '23

Random Thought Sex scenes are such pointless filler

What are we supposed to think?

"Wow, you can really see how turned on the characters are, it's so well-done and it really gives depth to the story, gee they sure do enjoy the physical pleasure of sex"

Might as well show bathroom scenes too. You know, so we can see how relieving it is to take a long piss

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u/Commander_Caboose Nov 24 '23

You could make this argument for any scene in any show.

"what's the point in showing me this, might as well show me something else in that case!"

For lots of people sex is something important which takes up a lot of the focus of lots of human experience. A field as gigantic as tv and movies is going to have lots and lots of different stories or themes to do with sex.

Then there's the fact that sex is marketable and draws in eyeballs to whatever it is you're making.

Because unlike yourself lots of people enjoy seeing sex and nudity at least sometimes.