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Why has gay porn become so thrill-advoidant?
Case in point: In the 1970s and 1980s, gay adult filmmakers routinely shot films in public places. Scenes with three or more actors would be shot in the back seats of working adult film theaters, with members of the public (looking alternately astonished or bored) in the background. In one Falcon film, two porn stars stood on a balcony overlooking a busy city street -- one fucking the other, the bottom moaning and clinging for life to the railing while his whole body shook and shuddered. Toby Ross once filmed two buck-naked twinks fucking in full view of commuters on a major Interstate highway and bridge. And not just one scene, but two!
Any more, though, you never see gay adult filmmakers taking this kind of public sex risk. Googling "public sex" leads you to isolated spots in the woods, staged towel-snapping fights in closed gymnasiums, or still photo shoots on secluded beaches.
I don't want to sound critical, but that's just silly.
Let's look at this photo below:
Sure it shows straight people having sex. But the location is pretty public. And the scene shows a wide panorama, so that even if there are blinds or barriers to the right and left of the group shot it's not apparent to the viewer.
What's exciting about this image is not that you can see a lot of sex. In fact, you can't. It's the mise-en-scene, the way the thing is composed and shot so that you get the impression of great public exposure to illicit sexual activity.
Why can't gay porn do this any more?
Case in point: In the 1970s and 1980s, gay adult filmmakers routinely shot films in public places. Scenes with three or more actors would be shot in the back seats of working adult film theaters, with members of the public (looking alternately astonished or bored) in the background. In one Falcon film, two porn stars stood on a balcony overlooking a busy city street -- one fucking the other, the bottom moaning and clinging for life to the railing while his whole body shook and shuddered. Toby Ross once filmed two buck-naked twinks fucking in full view of commuters on a major Interstate highway and bridge. And not just one scene, but two!
Any more, though, you never see gay adult filmmakers taking this kind of public sex risk. Googling "public sex" leads you to isolated spots in the woods, staged towel-snapping fights in closed gymnasiums, or still photo shoots on secluded beaches.
I don't want to sound critical, but that's just silly.
Let's look at this photo below:
Sure it shows straight people having sex. But the location is pretty public. And the scene shows a wide panorama, so that even if there are blinds or barriers to the right and left of the group shot it's not apparent to the viewer.
What's exciting about this image is not that you can see a lot of sex. In fact, you can't. It's the mise-en-scene, the way the thing is composed and shot so that you get the impression of great public exposure to illicit sexual activity.
Why can't gay porn do this any more?