Read more about her on our About page. Last week, the Internet brought two videos to my attentionβboth comedies that centered on some unusual sex. Both are foreign and one, an Australian short that won the Tropfest Film Festival this year, provoked outrage on the Internet while the other, a segment from a Japanese game show, went largely ignored.
Despite how very different the two are, both videos and the reactions they provoked are encouraging in how they shed light on the current state of the gay rights movement.
Last month FilmDrunk. In typical game show fashion, the minute performance was taped with a live audience of university students and a volatile announcer. The Orgasm Wars It sounds like such a pleasant conflict! After some incredibly polite verbal sparring, the competition begins, with the act itself well hidden from the cameras by what can only be described as a pop-up glory hole.
Indeed, much about the video was surprising, not least that after 35 minutes of what sounds like some very aggressive fellatio, Takuya successfully implements his final move: the Deep Throat Hold. His only emotion, except for what appears to be some slight but genuine amusement, is the small amount of shame that Matt Hurwitz of the Associated Press and Emily Shire of The Week find culturally necessary for any loser in a Japanese game show.
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Sawai lost the competition and therefore must formally accept his defeat and seem chastised. He does not, however, appear to worry about any other implications. The seven minute video tells the story of Pete, who is surprised on the street by an old girlfriend: Harry, previously known as Helen. Harry tells Pete about his sex change and invites him for a beer, at which point the film turns a truly adorable montage reminiscent of any and every romantic comedy.
