opinions // 16

GILF me a break

Elliot Chan
Opinions Editor
&) © opinions
@theotherpress.ca

  

Fe a country that censors
genitals in “regular”
pornography, while producing
an ample amount of grotesque
tentacle erotica, bukakee,

and tamakeri, it’s not hard to
believe that 20-30 per cent of

the current adult entertainment :

in Japanese cyberspace is elder
porn, i.e. old people having sex
on camera.

It makes sense, after all:

Japan has an aging demographic

with a younger generation less
interested in intercourse and

more interested in relationships : §

with animated avatars,
inanimate feminine objects like
pillows or dolls, and computer
generated personalities. Now,
I’m not one to criticize what

as long as no one is getting
of when “researching”; what

is starting to give modern
society a musky stank and an
unachievable expectation for
intimate interactions.

“It’s mostly older men who
watch. Maybe some single
women who are a little older,”
Shigeo Tokuda, 79-year-old
porn star told the Globe and
Mail. “Definitely, they want

: to have some connection toa

. : character that’s their age, to
other people do in the bedroom : 8
: feel they can have the same

ie : satisfaction.”
hurt—which I’m not always sure :

I get it; we all have fetishes

bothers me is that pornography : and we need outlets so we don't
: repress the animal urges inside

: of us and explode. But we have

: made pedophiles out of people

: who are attracted to young girls

: and boys—would watching

: animated pornography (hentai) :

: of children be any more

: acceptable? Niche markets

: work, every art form relies on

: some form of niche to keep the

% en
; ee

ee

Fico Na SE

: medium afloat, but just because :
: there is a supply and demand,
: does that mean it’s appropriate?

I personally don’t want to

: see my grandparents doing

: it—and I wouldn’t want other

: people seeing my family

: members do it either. That shit
: is traumatic. The same way a

: family would be disappointed

: in their teenager for partaking

in recreational drugs, having

: an elder adult porn star at the
: dinner table is not any less
: reassuring.

SoS = =

=e

 

i

That being said, all

: porn stars must deal with

: that eventual fate of having
: someone near and dear see their :
: work; it’s just a naked, wrinkly
: elephant in the room.

Sure, elders are adults and

: they deserve to make decisions
: of their own, but with the

: Internet being accessible to

: anyone of any age, shouldn't we :
: be more conscious of what is
: online?

I don’t want to make any

: low blows here, but the term
: elder porn means that the

theotherpress.ca

j : people participating in the act
: are old, and therefore, will soon

face the inevitable. What would

: it be like living in a world where

we're watching pornography
of people who are no longer

: alive? What will that do to our
: psyches with such content so

easily accessible? Will videos
be relics or artifacts of Japan’s

: ahead-of-its-time evolution?

: The Internet is able to hold

? content temporarily, but any

: computer-user can save the files
: onto their own hard drive. Porn
: stars die, but the pornography

} : they create doesn't.

I’m not against elder porn;

i I’m against the idea that the

: pornography world has created

; : bedridden, tissue-wasting

= : creatures who aren't trying to

: achieve anything greater than

. . . . : self-satisfaction—oh, and sex

Shigeo Tokuda, 79, the world’s oldest porn-movie star // By www.timeslive.co.za : b
: robots. Sure, what people get

: off on is none of my business

: and I don’t want it to be, but

: Ido feel there is going to bea

legitimate problem; maybe not

: now, but if the trend continues
: and the Japanese continue

: to build an empire of bizarre

: erotic entertainment, how is

: that going to affect the next

: generation?

The same way recreational

: drugs have made a blip in

: our radars and demanded

: attention—I foresee

: pornography doing the same,
: perhaps to a wider scope.

 

The golden snubs and surprises

» A reason to jeer and cheer for the Academy Awards

Steven Cayer
Senior Columnist

 

L3* year was another
amazing year for movies
(especially in December).

Of course, if there are

movies, there will always be
awards shows. The Golden
Globes are over, but the 2014
annual Academy Awards are
just heating up. With the
nominations coming out, there
were bound to be people angry
over certain movie-exclusions
or movies undeserving of
honours.

I’m going to tell you my
thoughts on a few big snubs
and even bigger surprises. After
all we have surprises as big as

nominated for her role in The
Black Swan.

First and definitely

: foremost, where the fuck is

: The Butler? It was one of my

: favourite movies of last year,

: and I thought both Forest

: Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey
: deserved at least a nomination.
: Winfrey’s performance as an

: alcoholic wife and mother

: was incredibly powerful.

: She played the wife of Cecil

: Gaines, Whitaker’s character.
: His performance as the White
: House’s butler subtly carried

: the movie.

Another movie that didn’t

: get noticed at all was the ever-

: intense All is Lost, starring

: Robert Redford, a movie about
: aman and his survival on his

: boat. Not nearly enough people
: saw this movie in theatres, so I

: was happy that it got a couple
when Mila Kunis didn’t even get : of Golden Globe nominations.
: The only Oscars nomination
: it got is for sound editing,

: which it will probably lose

: to Lone Survivor. I’m kind of

: pissed about Redford getting

: snubbed for best actor. He gave
: amemorable performance with :
: maybe three lines of dialogue.

: I think he should’ve taken

: either Christian Bale’s or Bruce
: Dern’s spot in the best actor

: category. Speaking of the best

: actor category, Tom Hanks’

: performance in Captain Phillips
: should’ve gotten him an easy

: nomination. His role as the

: captain of a cargo ship hijacked
: by Somali pirates was frightfully :
: realistic.

Not to rain on anybody’s

: parade, but the Academy

: Awards are a popularity contest.
: In my opinion, American Hustle
: didn’t deserve as many Golden

: Globes as it did, if Silver Linings :
: Playbook took the cake last year.
: Also, when they are choosing

: nominations, they’re being

of that, Iam still
: going to fill out

: my 2014 Oscar

: Nomination

: ballot and have

: my entire family,
: who doesn’t

: see nearly as

: Many movies as
: me, gather on

: Sunday, March

: 2, hosted by the
: always funny Ellen
: DeGeneres.

: bombarded with different types
: of campaign ads that are just
: trying to get a nomination. It’s

: kind of bull.

Rant ongoing, I love that we

: live in a world where a movie

: like Bad Grandpa can get a

: nomination—for make-up and
: hairstyling.

Now, having said all