"sex scenes have no narrative purpose" is such a funny take on so many levels. people will really believe that the whole human experience is valuable to portray artistically except sex, which of course has never held emotional weight or significance for anybody
"what's the purpose of sex scenes in media??" well you see sometimes people have sex. sometimes it can be important even
Hi, film student here, and just so you know, you guys are full of shit!
Look, you can include as many extended, explicit sex scenes as you like, you're entitled to do so and there's nothing wrong about that. But don't pretend it's necessary for the plot. You can talk about characters sleeping together without including porn. Sure you get your rare examples of it being necessary for a story, but let's face it most of the time it's just there for arousal. Which sure, you can argue is a reason, but it's not an important or even necessary one.
I'll say it again, you can talk about characters having sex without turning a portion of your film into a porno. It's called being a creative writer and not needing to shove every story element in the audience's face, and trusting them to figure shit out on their own (not that figuring out that two characters just slept together is difficult).
If you want your story to have sex scenes, go for it, but unless you're making porn, they are not necessary or important.
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