Nowadays it often seems increasing redundant, even prudish, to claim that there’s anything wrong with pornography.
In essence, sex has become just another commodity to be casually consumed then discarded.
In my view, the typical check list of arguments against porn don’t get at the heart of the matter.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997) and the casting of porn actor James Deen in Paul Shrader’s The Canyons (2013) is a measure of the more laissez-faire attitude to the so-called ‘adult entertainment’ industry. Continue reading
