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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Question....
In a porn movie, it's the sex act that make it porn. So why isn't the sex act in a romance making it porn?
What is it about a porn film's sex act(s) that differentiate it from sex acts in books?
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Again, not being a student of porn or of erotica, or even really of romance novels (I'm just a reader), this is just off the top of my head.
it's all in the plot to sex ratio.
In a romance novel, there is a plot, generally character-driven, that relates to courtship and romance. If there are sex scenes, they naturally arise from the development of the relationship. Sex scenes that are just thrown in there because the author's agent said to sex it up (or something like that) are seen as gratuitous and, in reviews, the book tends to be downgraded for it. Sex is seen not for itself, but as how it furthers the relationship.
in porn, I think, any plot is simply there as an excuse for the sex, if the plot is anything more than just a scenario. Sex exists for it's own sake, not to further either plot or characterization. I've only read a few porn books and the only porn movie I've ever seen was Behind the Green Door, 30+ years ago when I was in college, so this is drawing on other people's comments and only very limited experience.