The perfunctory sex scene is a problem of romantic comedy and of serious drama alike. These scenes merely illustrate a line in a script-“They have sex”-and might as well be done with stock footage and the actors’ faces digitally added. The silliest cinematic convention of recent decades has been the emblematic sex scene-the visual evidence to prove to viewers that the couple in question consummate their relationship and enjoy it. Whatever else the new “Fifty Shades” film may be, it’s a salutary corrective to the depiction of sex in most modern movies, whether Hollywood, independent, or foreign. The movie should really be called “Fifty Shades of Foreplay,” because that’s the most important thing it has that most movies don’t. Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson in “Fifty Shades of Grey.”
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