DISCLAIMER:
I tried to
watch, but for various reasons, most relating to being an old fart, I found it
unwatchable. I do peek at it
occasionally while messing around on the computer and Mrs. C is watching.
Recently I’ve
been reading that “Game of Thrones” viewers are upset at a sex scene from the latest
episode. Apparently a young lady that
has been on the show from a young age was in a sex scene where
she is now about 17 (TV
age?). Actually it is not even a sex scene,
but more of an inferred sex scene. She is
seen briefly with her backside undressed and then later shown resting with a man
under covers.
Based on several
articles I have read this scene has upset many people. The idea of this young girl having sex is disturbing to viewers.
While only casual observing this show by peeking up from my computer
screen, I have seen people having dinner while others were having
intercourse of the sexual kind in the corner of the room. I have seen multiple heads lopped off. There is violence and human degradation of
which I could not even imagine. There
are flying fire breathing dragons and zombies.
There is backstabbing literal and figurative. This is not a show for the faint of heart.
And yet, a
seventeen year old girl in a time where you were lucky if you lived passed
thirty, having sex with a slightly older man is upsetting to many viewers.
I asked Mrs.
C why was this scene such an issue especially on a show that is over the top
with violence and degradation.
Her answer?
“People are weird!”
Or, maybe
they are jerks.
Never seen an episode of it. Not opposed to the idea, just haven't prioritized it and it seems like a show where once I started it, I'd want to keep going.
ReplyDeleteAs characters age, it seems like they'd do new things.
If she's 17, she's of age here.
ReplyDeleteIn a time when people glamorize sex and violence, what do they expect young people to do? They emulate their elders, the good and the bad.
Maybe they would have preferred her to be lopping off heads. People ARE weird.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they didn't like it that she was growing up and didn't feel she was ready to have sex? Mrs C is right, people are weird. Never watched the show. Heard people either love it or hate it.
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Perhaps they all prefer to think that 17 year old girls are still children and shouldn't be having sex at all much less with an older man.
ReplyDeleteThese days, 17 is know-it-all and do-it-all.
ReplyDeleteThat is truly bizarre!!! Aren't plenty of 17 YO girls having sex in real life?
ReplyDeleteI long for the days of The Waltons.
ReplyDeleteYes, people are weird and far too many are jerks.
ReplyDeleteEveryone has an opinion about everything. They need to keep their pie holes shut and mind their own business. People are more than weird.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day, Joe. ☺
Jerks are weird ... go figure
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched it but have read blurbs about people being upset. At last I know have an idea what they are referring to. Thanks. Yep, folks are weird.
ReplyDeleteSeriously? I wonder what percentage of 17-year-old girls have engaged in sex. Yes, people are weird jerks who fixate on stupid things instead of seeing that maybe the storyline needed to have Arya Stark (yes, I watch Game of Thrones) to finally have a tender moment after being such a badass assassin.
ReplyDeleteI've never watched this show. I tried to read the books but got lost with all the names I had to remember. Frankly most people I talk to say they've never watched it but obviously somebody is. Anyway, I hate to break all the upset people's bubble but maybe they should visit their nearest maternity ward. Gals younger than 17 are having sex.
ReplyDeleteI gotta say... great minds think alike.
ReplyDeletei did not watch the show until now dear Joe!
ReplyDeleteHubby is watching Marco Polo these days and i am enjoying this one too
i am not good at watching such stuff so easiest thing is (since always) to press the fast forward button and feel free from guilt of peeking into someone's privacy
i agree mrs C though
I'm not an accurate commenter here because I've never watched - the suspicion that it's saturated with violence is enough to keep me away. You've inspired me to sit here reflecting on the days when not a single swear word was heard on the screen, and "mom and dad," both married, slept in side-by-side twin beds. Everything was so neat and tidy then! And now that I'm older, I think I like it that way!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen Game of Thrones either, but it seems to me that Americans generally go nuts over nudity on television, while they have no trouble at all with violence.
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