Comments on: And Porn In Time Magazine

By: Dr.Whiplash

Dr.Whiplash — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:57:26 +0000

The columnist’s editor must have been overworked that day, or surely he would have advised him to rethink his choice of words there.

If the “image instantly summoned” for Mr. Corliss is as he says, fornication with a prostitute, then I’ll bet if Freud or Shakespeare were alive today, they could formulate an insightful paragraph or two about his apparent need to turn Time Magazine (and it’s entire readership), into his confessional…

By: viv

viv — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:06:00 +0000

I have a different take on the “12 minutes” rule. I don’t see a timid married man afraid to hire a prostitute at all. I could see a man, lonely on the road, looking for some quick release. But I could also see a couple who pays for the video and then, 12 minutes in, are so aroused by what they have seen that they turn off the video and get to the real action themselves!

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:47:00 +0000

Bacchus failed to understand the metaphor Mr. Corliss put forth and then launched into an attack against Mr. Corliss without at least reading the article to understand where Mr. Corliss is going with this opening paragraph.

Mr. Corliss was not advocating that businessmen (or women) hire prostitutes else they would be considered too “..timid..” but instead is trying to set a scene that would seem to justify why so many erotic films are purchased from hotel rooms yet watched for so little time on the average.

This set the basis for the rest of the article. But, Bacchus is just to highly upset and disgusted yet so intelligent that “he” doesn’t even need to read the rest of the article. He can insult the writer with but a short paragraphs read.

Bacchus is high on arrogance and assumptions. Too bad.

BTW, I do not advocate prostitution nor will ever avail myself of that venue. But open discussion of it shouldn’t be grounds for insulting someone that you know absolutely nothing about and refuse to even try and understand.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:15:00 +0000

The first rule of sex journalism is to seperate oneself from the sordid base desires of the ordinary pervert. Corliss doesn’t just jerk off and go to sleep. He orders xxx room service! He’s not tired, timid or cheap. He’s a classy guy! I bet he doesn’t even watch porn at home. His DVD collection and Internet favorites are all Erotica!

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 06:37:00 +0000

I just read the first page of the article online, and it was enough for me to think this guy is just a typically annoying Baby Boomer cranking about how much better things were “in the good old days,” when everyone and everything was soooo much cooler than now. :doze:
And you’re right, it REALLY must suck to be married to him.

By: Bacchus

Bacchus — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:22:00 +0000

Skippy-san, calling any of these comments “anti call girl” also misses the point, seems to me. We’ve got some comments in favor of relationship fidelity, sure, but that’s hardly anti-call-girl. I’d call them more “anti cheating bastard” myself.

By: Skippy-san

Skippy-san — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:55:00 +0000

Half of the “anti call girl comments” miss the point. For the traveling man, the options are most limited in America. That’s what sucks about traveling there. Do you spend a boat load of money for something that is hit or miss, or just play it safe and spank the monkey?

Now if America had some good freelancer bars, or other good venues for picking up women, life would be be much better.