Does Sex Sell at the Movies

Basic Instinct 2 premiered this week, if you didn't know and had a horrible opening - even Welcome to Mooseport had a better opening. This horrible opening has prompted some questions as to whether or not sex sells at the movies any more. It is an interesting column and he makes some good points, but I think that he has missed the elephant in the room - the US is a "red state" country and not a "blue state" country for the most part, which means "puritanical" is not a bad word for most of us. It seems that the author is coming from the point of view that all people want to see erotic content, they just want to see it at home. While the reality is that many of us may have urges to see the erotic, we know that it is immoral and by force of will decide to not watch it. And for those who don't have any urges to see it, it is simply not appealing - and in some cases very off-putting. Sex isn't selling because America has largely become more moral - outwardly at least.