Penii are rarely in mainstream films, and even when they are its usually for comedic value. Erect penises seem to be the domain of porn/non-mainstream films unless covered by pants/sheets etc.
But what about vulvas? While I see women’s pubic hair/landing strip in films here and there, I can’t think of a recent mainstream film where you saw any indication of a woman’s actual genitalia. It would be like showing men’s pubes but having his actual junk meticulously tucked between his legs (ie Silence of the Lambs).
As silly as it might sound, in The Counselor I was hoping to see some beaver pertaining to the “car fucking” scene. Reviews online and in the papers kept talking about this scene, but when I saw it, I was kind of disappointed (was it even Cameron Diaz’s butt?! I bet it wasn’t! :mad: )
I find it a little ironic that as taboo as it is to show some guy’s weiner in a movie, its even more taboo to show a woman’s actual labias even though women tend to get ‘naked’ more in films then men do.
Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, and that became a punchline that followed her for the rest of her career.
To address your last point about irony, I think that there’s no conspiracy, it’s simply about camera angles and intimacy. You can spot a dick from across the room, but when a gal’s shot from the front, and especially if she’s got a bush, you’re not seeing much – one would really have to get up in there with a camera to see what you’re talking about. I don’t even like when porn does that, not because I’m grossed out, but because it feels as if any semblance of art is out of the window, and we’ve crossed into gynecological medical film.
Which labia? Outer lips appear all the time, even more often than floppy dongs – but come to think, at least in a regular non-porn movie, I can’t recall ever catching a glimpse of actual beef curtains.
I’ve always liked “piss flaps,” as in “How come she has piss flaps the size of John Wayne’s saddlebags?” :eek: :dubious:
I agree: A nice bush is a glory to behold and can be appreciated even at a distance. A wet, glistening trench is, IMHO, not exactly a thing of beauty, especially up close.
What outer lips in what movies?? Other than the aforementioned Sharon Stone, it’s really not that commonplace.
By contrast, the penis is absolutely no problem to show, especially in a comedic context. Recent movies to feature this ‘gag’ (although not all examples listed use it as a gag) include, off the top of my head, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Rebound, Watchmen, and Boogie Nights. Oh, and The Brown Bunny. I betcha with a little googling I could multiply that list exponentially.
Movies with tits obviously vast outweigh either category (or even both together), so I wonder if that is a better comparison. The visibility aspect also might play a role. But I do agree with the OP that it has somehow, for whatever reason, become more appropriate to show the penis than labia.
For you to enjoy a good view of an actress’s labia, she’d need to spread herself for a camera closeup. An actor who displays his floppy equipment across the room–especially as part of a joke–is hardly exposing himself as much.
I find some American film conventions a bit prudish, but female nudity (or semi-nudity) is generally more common than the male equivalent. Those wishing for more beaver shots might seek out more specialized films…
Oh yeah, and Django, if you want to see explicit grabbing of Jaime Fox’s Junk.
I guess it would be kind of hard to see ‘labia’ in most contexts, unless people were mimicking the Sharon Stone bit. Then again, you don’t have scenes where a woman sits on a copy machine and has the the result on display, or ‘upskirt’ type scenes which I would assume would be more common in raunchy comedies.
In fact, even in NC-17 films, I can’t remember one where you get a really good look at a woman’s labia.
Eva Green showed quite a bit of her hey-nani-nani in The Dreamers, more than Stone (there’s also quite a bit of dong in that film, reason Dicaprio chickened out of it). And the schlong at the end of Boogie Nights was fake…
Indeed, also a prosthesis, if the actor is to be believed – though one questions why a bloke would lie about a cock which could have only come from giants north of The Wall.
