Word: erotica
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Every aspect of his work is thoroughly set on view in Brooklyn: landscape, portraiture, animal painting, social commentary, erotica. And from them Courbet rises more vividly and intensely now than ever before in living memory, at least in America. Courbet -- this combative, ambitious, narcissistic and earthy man, crazy about women, convinced of his own historical mission -- thought he was the painter of his time. His egotism still grates. What school did he belong to? "I am Courbetist, that's all. My painting is the only true one. I am the first and unique artist of the century; the others...
Bertolucci and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro do well with the movie's scenes of debauchery and debasement. A master of capturing erotica, Bertolucci takes advantage of Pu Yi's early imperial splendor and later playboy lifestyle in Tienstin to give cinema some of the most sensual images since Bertolucci's own Tango. Bertolucci and Storaro follow the emperor and empress (Chen) as rich and powerful friends seduce them. While the emperor continues to foster megalomanic visions of regaining the throne, his wife takes to opium...
Though many feminists oppose all X-rated material, some seem willing to accept couples films, at least in principle. "If this porn is the new erotica that appeals to women, then I think it's terrific," says Gloria Steinem. Betty Friedan, a longtime opponent of censorship, says, "Any romantic, exploring, playful or humorous depictions of sex are O.K. with me." Women- oriented hard core will never eclipse the darker forms of porn, but as Porn Star Dare says, more and more people do not mind watching "things that couples would do when they get home...
...sorry--for handing in a paper late--you are probably in the majority at Harvard. There actually exist a few, alright it's about 3500, students who have not yet found a long-term partner at Harvard for mutual "sharing and caring," let alone for exhilarating erotica. (Cupid is, after all the god of erotic love.) Not surprisingly, most students do not want to admit the sad state they are in and declined to have their names used for this article. Here are a few thoughts from cynics all over the campus...
...very nature it tends to degrade women and treat them as sexual playthings for men. The problem: how to take an effective stance without seeming prudish or giving comfort to the antifeminist right. Gloria Steinem has tried to promote a distinction between pornography, which should be opposed, and erotica, healthy sexual materials marked by mutuality and respect, presumably the kind of material men should be interested in, but usually aren't. Some feminists see porn as repellent but harmless masturbatory material for shut-ins, or as an expression of anxiety by males who are threatened by the women's movement...