An analysis of how gay-porn site Amateur Straight Guys indulges fantasies not of indulgence or sexual abandon but of control and revenge
"The cameraman tells a joke, and the boys laugh and throw cautious looks at each other for the first time since the camera started rolling. Caution and anxiety are key to the erotic encounter about to unfold. The scene slows, each movement agonized over before execution. No smiles or any indication of enjoyment are permitted to pass over the faces of these "straight" guys having gay sex. The scene cuts ahead to Ben and Tom lying side by side. Ben lifts his head up off the pillow to continue watching the straight porn, a self-conscious half-crunch that ripples his abs. The camera floats across the bed as the boys hover over each other's bodies without purpose or desire. Occasionally the cameraman asks them to do something, and the boys silently try, though they appear narcotized, lacking in fine motor skills. The scene goes on and on, so we have time to take in the generic hotel prints hanging on the walls and the furniture cluttering the background and listen to the voices of the women moaning on the straight porno out of view, continually drawing attention to the cluster of signifiers that make this scene convincing.
article by Jason Weidemann
thanks Diederik
~Sex, it's not just about orgasms (or blow[job]s against the empire!) anymore. Porn can educate while it titilates, shocks or grosses you out?!
Posted by Cieciel at December 15, 2005 02:58 AM