noteworthy wrote:
] Fifty percent of all hotel movies purchased are "adult."

The question that needs to be asked after that statistic is quoted is how much of the moive to hotel patrons typically watch. If they aren't watching a full hour and a half then its an apples to oranges comparison in terms of media products.

Tangentally, there are several important distinctions between porn as a media product and R movies as a media product.. I don't think that most R movies in America are sex movies. I think they are primarily violent movies. In either case, they aren't porn, they are primary entertainment. People don't watch them because they want to be aroused.

People watch R movies because the language, violence, and explicitness reflects their culture. They tell stories and they do it in a context that the audience identifies with and is attracted to. Today people are more likely to want films that are a little toned down versus what they were watching in the early 90s. This reflects changing perceptions of identity. You're going to see that change as the era of the roaring 90's comes to a close and the culture shifts.

This has nothing to do with porn. Porn exists in an entirely different context.

RE: Variety.com - Don't give me an 'R'