Sex is changing across platforms. And TV is getting less steamy.
It seems like, over the past decade, steamy TV love scenes were all the rage. And it was a long time coming. As television expanded from three networks in the early days to 600 scripted shows, countless unscripted, and hundreds of channels and streamers today, the content that was acceptable for viewers also expanded. We went from not being able to show Ricky and Lucy sleeping in the same bed to watching Khaleesi and Drago fall in love by learning how to have sex with each other. This was a natural progression.
But sex in TV over the last few years has sort of tapered off.
We talked about sex in cinema having a similar trajectory, so it seems like it’s a cross-medium trend. The fact is, the sex we’re seeing now is kind of lame. We went from passionate Bridgerton, ruin-the-sheets sex to some furtive glances. While people may say that is sexy, it’s not sex.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
