Wycliffe_03 said:

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I must have the worst luck. Was scrolling through HBO channels, remembered hearing how good this show was, and decided to tune in. Not 2 minutes later the most graphic/disgusting/perverted gay sex scene comes on out of nowhere. It was basically hard core porn and I'm not sure how it's allowed to air on HBO. Is this the norm for this show? Hollywood is really trying too hard these days. The in-your-face gay sh** is getting played out.

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Solid troll

Wycliffe_03 said:

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TCTTS said:

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You're right. They should just stick to showing wholesome, hetero, hooker sex. Forcing gay sex into a show about degenerate sex industries in 1970s New York is just too inaccurate and in-your-face.

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Can't they do it without showing erect pen*ses and dudes actually engaging in hardcore sex? Do they show women giving oral sex and spreading their vaginas on HBO nowadays? The fact that you guys have been so brainwashed into thinking this is the equivalent of good ole fashioned soft core Hetero porn says it all.

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Oh wait. you are serious.

Wycliffe_03 said:

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TCTTS said:

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You're right. They should just stick to showing wholesome, hetero, hooker sex. Forcing gay sex into a show about degenerate sex industries in 1970s New York is just too inaccurate and in-your-face.

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Can't they do it without showing erect pen*ses and dudes actually engaging in hardcore sex? Do they show women giving oral sex and spreading their vaginas on HBO nowadays? The fact that you guys have been so brainwashed into thinking this is the equivalent of good ole fashioned soft core Hetero porn says it all.

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They fact you think this show is supposed to be porn says all.

So there's been 5 episodes and in that roughly 4.5 hours of television, there has probably been less than 45 seconds of gay sexual interaction (not counting the dancing scene this week or Paul and his boyfriend at dinner). There has probably been 5-6 minutes (if not more) of female-male sexual interaction and this guy is freaking out and griping.

I must have missed the hardcore gay scene being talked about. There's Paul getting the BJ for a split second in the theater, but is doesn't show any ***** and is dark and only quick second. I guess there was a few *****'s on the screen of the theater, but that was super quick and I don't recall being able to actually see what sex acts were being done on the screen. They certainly had to establish where and what Paul was doing there and why he would be arrested. Then there's the rave, no gay sex there, just dancing. Then they get home, there's making out, shirts are removed and a three some is presumed to occur and the scene cuts. Did I miss something? Or is the presumed existence of gay sex considered hardcore?

Clarke95 said:

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I am finding Maggie G's bewbs to be almost distracting. They are awful and those 70s halter and tube tops are not helping matters.

Her inability to have a normal social interaction with a man, including a kiss, was tough to watch. So well acted.

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Ditto. Great acting, and great casting. And realistically, her tits SHOULD be a wreck because they weren't big to begin with, she had a kid, and she obviously breastfed the little guy. So now, we get to see two omelets on her chest every episode. Not pretty, but the seventies wasn't a pretty decade.

Texjb wants to make sure he's remembering all of the details to every gay scene.

Toche

Wycliffe_03 said:

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Unthought Known said:

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Wycliffe_03 said:

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I must have the worst luck. Was scrolling through HBO channels, remembered hearing how good this show was, and decided to tune in. Not 2 minutes later the most graphic/disgusting/perverted gay sex scene comes on out of nowhere. It was basically hard core porn and I'm not sure how it's allowed to air on HBO. Is this the norm for this show? Hollywood is really trying too hard these days. The in-your-face gay sh** is getting played out.

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A show about sex and you see sex. And you complain. Wow.

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I didn't know it was about hardcore gay male sex. You guys have at it. I'm not judging.

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The show is about sex. Half the characters are pimps and hookers.

Wycliffe tuned in for the loving interactions of women getting cut and abused and assaulted by their pimps, sensual BJ's in movie theaters and tunnels but 2 guys??? That's too far. That's throwing an agenda in our faces when I want to watch my show about wholesome Times Square in the 70s!!!

Yeah...I hated the Sopranos....it was all gangsters and hits and Italian stereotypes.

I tuned in once for 5 minutes and in that time I saw an Italian sitdown meal and then of course, a mafia hit at the table.

Ugh.

BernArnold said:

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Yeah...I hated the Sopranos....it was all gangsters and hits and Italian stereotypes.

I tuned in once for 5 minutes and in that time I saw an Italian sitdown meal and then of course, a mafia hit at the table.

Ugh.

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Don't forget Vito's trip to Vermont

Beware of Doug said:

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Wycliffe_03 said:

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TCTTS said:

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You're right. They should just stick to showing wholesome, hetero, hooker sex. Forcing gay sex into a show about degenerate sex industries in 1970s New York is just too inaccurate and in-your-face.

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Can't they do it without showing erect pen*ses and dudes actually engaging in hardcore sex? Do they show women giving oral sex and spreading their vaginas on HBO nowadays? The fact that you guys have been so brainwashed into thinking this is the equivalent of good ole fashioned soft core Hetero porn says it all.

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They fact you think this show is supposed to be porn says all.

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I never meant to imply that I was expecting porn. I was expecting a good show about a place and period of time that intrigues me. What I got 2 minutes in was straight up erect pen*s and hardcore male on male sex. Is it really taboo on this board to complain about erect pen*s and male on male blowjobs (aka hardcore gay porn) being shown on HBO? I didn't know they were allowed to go that far on HBO, whether straight or gay.

Apparently this is normal to yall and I'm just an old 36 y/o man yelling at clouds. Clearly I am in the wrong. I apologize.

ac04 said:

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it is interesting that this show is centered around a sexual revolution that occurred almost fifty years ago and some of the subject matter is still too uncomfortable for some people today.

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It's not the subject matter. It's the hardcore porn being aired on HBO. Erect pen*ses and showing men pleasing each other. We all know that went on back then and still goes on...we don't need to see it. I can handle the subject matter. You guys enjoy the male on male action, I'm seriously not judging, I have gay friends.

We've seen erect male organs and female nudity in sex scenes between men & women, as well as between 2 women, much of it very seedy. Did you object to those scenes? Or just "men pleasing each other"

Was the guy who gave Paul a beej the cop who had him arrested?

No they later showed that same guy in the jail cell looking embarrassed. The cops were just grabbing every guy that came out of the theater.

Stive said:

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No they later showed that same guy in the jail cell looking embarrassed. The cops were just grabbing every guy that came out of the theater.

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Thanks. That seems like it would have been the ultimate entrapment, but possibly plausible in 1970's NYC.

well, if that's the intent, they're knocking it out of the park.

Just watched it last night. The only main character not involved in the sex trade opens a brothel.

Yeah. It's not about sex.

I think I see what Wycliffe is trying to say. I'll be honest, I'm not surprised by much, but there are some things I've seen on this show that I've never seen on a TV show or movie. The theater scene from this past episode was a good example. And while I understand the necessity of in the spirit of what they're trying to convey, it still made me raise an eyebrow and audibly say "oh shlt"

Erect *****

Did I miss something? After all the hoopla on this thread, and catching up with the last two episodes, I still haven't seen an erect ***** on this show. In fact, nothing sexually has really even phased me that much. The most brutal aspect by far is the way the pimps treat their girls. That's a dynamic I'd just never really considered before, and it's so heartbreaking to watch.

Also, I can't believe there are only two episodes left. AlI know is that I'm not even remotely ready for this season to end yet.

TCTTS said:

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Did I miss something? After all the hoopla on this thread, and catching up with the last two episodes, I still haven't seen an erect ***** on this show. In fact, nothing sexually has really even phased me that much. The most brutal aspect by far is the way the pimps treat their girls. That's a dynamic I'd just never really considered before, and it's so heartbreaking to watch.

Also, I can't believe there are only two episodes left. AlI know is that I'm not even remotely ready for this season to end yet.

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This. I can't believe it's almost over.

I believe the ***** they're referring to was in the gay theater. Paul (bartender) had it out stroking it and before the older guy approached him and went down on him,
you could see it.

MG's scene in the theatre was WAY worse than Paul's. The rat!!

I am starting to really be bothered by MG's scenes - I'm surprised she was ok filming all those scenes. They're almost p@rn, with nudity and graphic or violent content. I would think that would be hard to leave at the office at the end of the day. The character isn't interesting or complex enough for me to see how that role would be worth it.

Paul is developing into a really interesting character. The dynamic with the older boyfriend paying his way, his growing friendship with Abby, etc.

Candy just got the aids.