The elephant in the room might actually be US-American prudery. But to confirm, we'd have to check if prudery became stronger in the last 20 years and if non-US movies have still the same (or more) amount of sex in it.
But it's actually a well-known meme in the rest of the world that entertainment from the US has no problem depicting violence, but god beware you see the nipple of a woman...
Game of Thrones was extremely unique and "Non-American" for the nudeness and many sex scenes.
I heard a funny clip of the actors who played the Hobbits in LoTR where, precisely, the best place to drop their one-and-only f-bomb; they’d limited themselves to the whole franchise, maybe? Funny stuff.
> Game of Thrones was extremely unique and "Non-American" for the nudeness and many sex scenes.
Really? My feeling is the other way around - that say HBO shows (made by Americans) always have gratuitous nudity and sex scenes. Even the great ones, like "The Wire" or "Sopranos" had plenty of them. It's as if there's a person at HBO responsible for checking scripts if there's enough sex/nudity in them, because research shows they increase viewership.
CollegeHumor had a famous parody bit where they showed the story of young actors/actresses landing big roles, but when they explain to their peers what is it they do at the job, it sounds like they've been hired by the porn industry. but no, "it's not porn, it's HBO!" Then everyone cheers and is happy for them.
This is a joke, but it's also an important factor: actors and actresses can now push back against being made to film these scenes in ways that range from "uncomfortable" to "actual sexual assault". So there are fewer such scenes, because it's more expensive and requires more planning than just "bully lead actress until she takes her top off".
It's less ambiguous. It's the name of the country. It's not a weird dunk to acknowledge that "America" is two continents (and that one them is in fact not called "Mexico"). What's weird is someone who lives in a country called USA being so insecure about being called USAn.
Europeans love to think when people say America they are referring to the continent, despite everyone knowing they mean the USA. I think it's an inferiority complex/dislike of US thing
Please refer to us with our chosen demonym, it’s just basic manners.
I could dunk on Germans by referring to them as Nazis then acting indignant when they protest, but I won’t, because that would be bizarre and make me look insane
But it's actually a well-known meme in the rest of the world that entertainment from the US has no problem depicting violence, but god beware you see the nipple of a woman...
Game of Thrones was extremely unique and "Non-American" for the nudeness and many sex scenes.