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Magic Mike
2012 · Film · 110 min
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
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Whoever though 'Magic Mike' as a sexy film clearly hasn't watched "Profumo di donna" - 1974, the Italian movie after which "Scent of a Woman" with Al Pacino was later adapted in 1992. The Italians were on a whole different level back then, and also the French and Nordic cinema wasn't pulling their punches when it comes to explicit nudity in films.
Maybe the prude nature of Hollywood films is a reflection of the American society and of the Chinese one where many blockbusters are being pushed?
That being said, as a European, I really don't care for sex scenes in mainstream movies, as they mostly feel forced and shoehorned in there and not relevant to the plot in any way, and are absolute cringe when the writers didn't spend any time or efort developing any attraction between the characters, and instead the script just forces them to suddenly f*ck because he's the male lead of the movie and she's the female lead, therefore they must get it on.
Hah. If you look for the animated Pixar movie "Brave" and look at the "More like Brave" section it suggests "Magic Mike" (Yeah the stripper dude movie). That algorithm needs work.