So sex doesn't sell, after all?
When's the last time you saw a big studio movie that had a sex scene? A real one -- you know, one with something more graphic than what you'd fine in "Sex And The City"? There's "A History of Violence," and Keira Knightley seems pretty into getting naked but I know for a fact no one saw "Domino" but me. The whole idea that Americans are more down with violence than sex in their movies hardly seems worth repeating. So what to make of a new study that analyzed 914 films released widely between 2001 and 2005 and concluded "sex and nudity do not, on the average, boost box office performance, earn critical acclaim or win major awards." The study, which ran in the November issue of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, is titled "Sex Doesn't Sell -- Nor Impress." There's an odd tone to the quotes run...
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