Blurred Lines.
The above title of course comes from Robin Thicke's massively successful and ultra controversial 2013 pop hit. However, I don't want to delve into the many debates on sexual politics that that particular song raised, but rather explore what I believe are the blurred lines which are apparent when it comes to censorship and the movies. So, I'll be leaving behind my main topic of mental health for this post, and instead indulging another one of my passions: the cinema. The idea for this post came to mind as I was watching "Stranger by the Lake", a 2013 French drama/thriller set at a cruising spot for men. The film contained extremely explicit scenes, with the two male leads engaging in what appeared to be real, unsimulated sex. So, what I began to wonder was, would such scenes be passed with an 18 certificate were this not an art house movie, the audience for which would probably be regarded as middle class and culturally sophisticated? Indeed, isn't there a cla...