Post by whitewolfstark on Mar 20, 2016 4:40:44 GMT
And now the most perverted we get to see Tyrion, when Peter Dinkledge still was doing a more faithful interpretation. While we do get female nudity--notice we never see Ros' front all that well. Heck, even her aerolas are nearly completely hidden by her braids. It makes me contemplate how not seeing everying affects the psyche--it makes it more "appealing" and teasing. There's different ways to film nudity, and this one is definitely trying to tease and entice its viewer with how it hints at being willing to show everything--but never really does all at once--a little bit here, a little bit of clever editing there with a pillar in the way, or a hair braid just long enough, etc. Contrast this with Clash of the Titans (the 1981 version) or The Blue Lagoon (1980) where nudity is treated far differently in film making. People are just fully and completely naked and the camera doesn't try to hide or tease the viewer in any manner, and when it does that, one doesn't really over sexualize the characters. It really proves the maxim that what makes something pornography isn't what's shown, but what isn't shown.
We talk in art history about the nude vs. the naked sometimes. To me, a lot has to do with the eyes of the nude. Does the subject seem aware of the viewer? Does the subject seem bothered by being seen? To be naked in this sense marks the viewer as an intrusion into the environment. To be nude is simply to be without clothes.
Pornography is harder to define. I think is in the mind of the viewer's morality. I've spent 20 years drawing fig-leaves in books for school, and honestly find it kind of twisted. Some parents are offended by non-sexualized nudes, but let their kids see r-rated sexy movies. Some are offended by nude male chests. Some don't care as long as boys only see "boy parts" and girls only "girl parts". Some don't care at all, but I have to assume it is all pornographic.
Plus, the whole scene is hilarious overall. Jaime finding Tyrion through following moaning then just walking in on him. Followed by what might be my favorite line of the episode. She has odd cravings, our sister. A family trait.
Why must I always be the isle of crazy alone in an ocean of sensibility? The should to everybody else’s shouldn’t? The I-will to their better-nots?