EldritchCellar posted at 3:33PM Sun, 11 October 2015 - #4232250

Nope. Although I used to draw pornographic comics years ago... before Poser. I don't really see the point, there's already enough real porn for everybody. But then I don't get photorealism either, even from a painting perspective. I can kinda get it with cg, where the technology is aiming for emulation of real world phenomena, but from an art perspective? Ok, it looks exactly like a photograph. One can hope that the photo says something more than the thing itself. Anyway, problem is... with pornography, after you have an orgasm what use does it have? Similar to watching someone eat or defecate, wow fascinating. I suppose there's some vicarious thrill of putting Barbie and Ken in naughty positions? Really, kinda pathetic. Does anyone consider real world producers of pornography to be creating meaningful or interesting works of art on any level other than point A point B? But, maybe I'm wrongly applying the incorrect term art when considering porn. I think that works that meditate on desire or beauty are great, porn's just for wacking off. Just some thoughts.

I really don't want to defend porn, as I have multiple issues with the business of it, its attitudes toward race and age etc. But I will anyway, since there's one that sticks in my mind.

I grew up thinking that professional wrestling was the stupidest thing ever. I didn't understand the appeal of scripted conflicts and choreographed combat, the apparent formulaic nature of most matches, the seemingly simplistic good guy/bad guy dynamic, etc. etc... But because of a friend I started watching televised matches anyway, and it wasn't long until I saw a few really good matches. These matches on paper were no different than what I described. They were every bit as formulaic, scripted and choreographed as the ones which did not capture my imagination. But in reality they were something else entirely... With proper build-up I found I could care about these conflicts. When properly performed by top stars they didn't look choreographed. When the stars had true chemistry they were able to transcend simplistic character tropes and make themselves, for that moment at least, believable.

Realizing that there were bad, good and even great matches changed my entire perspective on wrestling. When you see a match that you know you will remember for years despite all of the average matches you know you will immediately forget, you realize it is in some way a form of art, that there is some intangible something that separates the memorable from the forgettable and that thing is what the best of those performers aspire to capture.

Similarly, I have seen adult productions that defy such easy dismissal.