Not exactly of boomer age myself but deducting that you’re younger I think it’s pretty sad that you have this opinion…
Yeah, teenage girls are interested in sex. Even lesbian sex! Sorry. It’s sad that you think it’s ‘unhygienic’ or whatever that there’s movies about it.
A few decades later American Pie broke the box office on the same premise. Is that ok because it’s all heterosexual?
But then what do you find wrong with that movie? Apparently it’s about 15 year olds trying to get laid at camp. I sure was trying to get laid at camp when I was 15
It, and other movies of the seventies and early eighties opted to sexualize young actresses, primarily for the enjoyment of adults and not to help young people feel seen and represented.
You bring up American Pie, a movie about teens trying to get laid. Not a single one of those actors being sexualized was a minor or presented as a minor. That’s what I have a problem with.
I do not have a problem acknowledging young teen sexuality. I have a problem with the sexualization and exploitation of young teens by movie makers at the time.
I haven’t seen the movie, only read synopsis and reviews, and it doesn’t seem at all like the actresses are sexualized. It’s a coming of age comedy. Maybe the idea about 15 year olds thinking about sex is what got your mind going at the time?
Not exactly of boomer age myself but deducting that you’re younger I think it’s pretty sad that you have this opinion…
Yeah, teenage girls are interested in sex. Even lesbian sex! Sorry. It’s sad that you think it’s ‘unhygienic’ or whatever that there’s movies about it.
A few decades later American Pie broke the box office on the same premise. Is that ok because it’s all heterosexual?
Read my comment again. In the edits I clarified that my memory jammed Personal Best and Little Darlings together.
Yes, I am younger than a boomer, but I am still in my fifties.
I’m bisexual and have been dealing with homophobic bullshit for over forty years, so please kindly fuck off with your insinuations of homophobia.
But then what do you find wrong with that movie? Apparently it’s about 15 year olds trying to get laid at camp. I sure was trying to get laid at camp when I was 15
It, and other movies of the seventies and early eighties opted to sexualize young actresses, primarily for the enjoyment of adults and not to help young people feel seen and represented.
You bring up American Pie, a movie about teens trying to get laid. Not a single one of those actors being sexualized was a minor or presented as a minor. That’s what I have a problem with.
I do not have a problem acknowledging young teen sexuality. I have a problem with the sexualization and exploitation of young teens by movie makers at the time.
I haven’t seen the movie, only read synopsis and reviews, and it doesn’t seem at all like the actresses are sexualized. It’s a coming of age comedy. Maybe the idea about 15 year olds thinking about sex is what got your mind going at the time?
Can you explain how they were exploited?