# Are erections the least seen thing in modern movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063 "2020-09-20T05:17:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/21 "2020-09-20T17:08:11Z")
I think human excrement and boogers may be less common. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/22 "2020-09-20T17:13:36Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > I recall a scene in a movie called _Angels and Insects_ , where a character is caught in flagrante delicto, jumps up from the bed and runs across the room - with a very visible erection thwobbling about. It was a “that actor appears to be _very_ in-character” moment. When Terry Gross interviewed the director she asked him about the scene. Director said that as they were filming the scene, “the event occurred”; he (Director) stopped, asked the actor if he was okay with it, actor said yes, so they resumed filming. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/23 "2020-09-20T17:17:57Z")
The first thing that came to my mind was John Ritter’s _Skin Deep_, wherein _two_ erections are depicted onscreen, but in pitch-black darkness and using glow-in-the-dark condoms. [Not exactly light sabers…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XOKvFyNquM) 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/24 "2020-09-20T17:26:58Z")
Jack Black’s erection saved the day in _Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny_. He credits cock push-ups. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/25 "2020-09-20T17:46:16Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > I recall a scene in a movie called _Angels and Insects_ , where a character is caught in flagrante delicto, jumps up from the bed and runs across the room - with a very visible erection thwobbling about. It was a “that actor appears to be _very_ in-character” moment. I was thinking about that, but it’s been a long time since I saw that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/26 "2020-09-20T17:57:38Z")
There’s one in _Irreversible_ … but you probably don’t want to see it. The film is notorious. It tells a story of revenge, _Memento_ style, where one of the first scenes is two guys beating a guy’s face in - literally - with a fire extinguisher. But the scene that shocks the most is the ten minute long, un-cut (as in, no edits - one camera for ten minutes) brutal rape scene after which you see the rapist’s erection flopping around for a second when he’s done. Don’t search for it if you don’t have a strong stomach. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/27 "2020-09-20T19:05:15Z")
Back to the specific question in the OP, I’d say that no, actual buttholes are less seen than erections even. Sure, you see butt cheeks pretty durned often, but the actual round brown? Honestly can’t think of a single one. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/28 "2020-09-20T20:12:33Z")
I didn’t know this until years after I had seen it, but in _Animal House_, the scene where Bluto falls over backward on the ladder he uses to peep into the sorority house was supposed to be caused by Bluto getting a boner watching the women. I guess I was just too innocent to put it together. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/29 "2020-09-20T21:05:01Z")
I see a lot of movies; 50-100 per year. I’ve never seen a vulva, or any part near it, other than pubic hair. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/30 "2020-09-20T21:06:01Z")
**The Dreamers.** **Inserts**. Veronica Cartwright gives a brief spreadshot. > [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > I see a lot of movies; 50-100 per year. I’ve never seen a vulva, or any part near it, other than pubic hair ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/31 "2020-09-20T21:07:21Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Back to the specific question in the OP, I’d say that no, actual buttholes are less seen than erections even. Sure, you see butt cheeks pretty durned often, but the actual round brown? Honestly can’t think of a single one. Mad Dog Morgan. (1976) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/32 "2020-09-20T21:31:25Z")
Pink Flamingos, if that counts. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/33 "2020-09-20T22:45:15Z")
I’m going to be seriously impressed if anyone comes up with too many more rusty sheriff’s badge sightings–it’s encouraging that both examples so far are from fairly obscure movies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/34 "2020-09-20T22:46:09Z")
If animation counts, the Netflix animated series _F is For Family_ featured scene with a kid with an erection under his swim trunks at a public pool. I guess you could say it was partly for comic effect, but the main point of the scene is how embarrassed the kid is about the situation, so really the effect of the scene is that you end up feeling sorry for him rather than laughing at him. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/35 "2020-09-20T23:39:39Z")
I feel actual buttholes like actual erections are probably NC-17 worthy material. However there’s a ton of movies from the 70’s that had nudity and didn’t seem to really care if for a half-second somebody’s butthole was exposed during a nude scene. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/36 "2020-09-21T00:40:54Z")
Oz, the HBO series about Oswald Maximum Security penitentiary, had all kinds of penises waving about, including Luke Perry’s in one scene, but I don’t really remember any that were standing at attention. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/37 "2020-09-22T07:11:41Z")
I don’t know how Americans feel, and I know it’s a sterotypical “generic Southern” accent, but I felt Walliams was way better than the usual British comedian at an American accent, there. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/38 "2020-09-23T05:32:37Z")
Things seen less often than erections in modern movies? I’m going to suggest: Aliens from Neptune. Haven’t seen one of those in a long time. The last (and only) one I recall was a brief cameo in the movie version of My Favorite Martian. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/39 "2020-09-23T15:45:09Z")
The first movie that came to mind, though I had to look up the title, is "[La Dernière Femme"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075364/) from 1976, with Gérard Depardieu and Ornella Muti. I saw it one time as a teenager in the mid-80s on regular German TV. I may have watched it in the hope of seeing some of Muti’s flesh, but what I got instead was Depardieu running around naked for virtually the whole film, and at least one time sporting a clearly visible erection, no body double. I don’t remember much else, but it was a weird movie. That was the first openly visible erection I ever saw on TV, and I can’t remember having seen another one since then. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063/40 "2020-09-23T16:11:26Z")
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