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Post #755018

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Post Praetorian
Parent topic
thread to continue the sex/gore in movies/tv dicussion from the Random Thoughts thread
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Date created
25-Feb-2015, 1:51 AM

Seemingly some view the human species through a somewhat noble lens: a creature able and willing to rise above its base nature (to avoid unnecessary violence, gratuitous sex, and a lack of general dignity) in order to enable itself to concentrate on establishing a stronger society, greater intellectual progress, and purer forms of beauty.

Is it not understandable then that the open engagement of others on a tangent contrary to such an elevated notion--seemingly conspiring to suggest that animals will behave as animals, etc.--truly serves to rob one of such a sense of shared dignity? For how might such a one at once believe himself to be a part of an enlightened species while equally acknowledging that a majority may prefer to instead feed the basest of instincts during a prime-time showing? 

Further, if art might at one level demand realism in basic acts, while at the same instant deny the portrayal of realistic deterrents that prevent the same happenings in one's day-to-day existence how is one to avoid a sense of cynicism? For if the purpose of such full-on displays might be to convey proper realism for the base gratification of said acts, where is the equal counter of realism in its consequence? Without a balance, are not all such portrayals willfully delusional? If willfully delusional, cheap (as it seemingly costs the participants nothing), and devoid of meaning (as it seemingly occurs at the merest convenience rather than for any special circumstance) is such a thing not simply voyeurism? If merely pornographic in substance, is it truly to be suggested that the human appetite for breasts cannot be satisfied sufficiently with a casual glance at the internet from time to time that it must needs invade all forms of entertainment? Is it genuinely the desire of the majority to fall easy victim to such a sexual obesity?

If so, is it truly surprising that one who might view the human being to have not only a mortal dignity, but truly an immortal soul, that is supposed to shine as a beacon of light for eternity, might be somewhat disappointed in the flagrant shortcomings of an industry that might seek to underline basic appetites as those most important? For how might such a moral lassitude serve to bolster humanity's self image?