Having spent the days of my youth as your basic “lewd, rude, crude and socially unacceptable Sailor”, I am by no means a prude. I fully expect to see nudity on HBO and feel that if parents didn’t want their children to be exposed to nudity then they should censor their children’s viewing themselves, and not rely on either the government or the network to do their parenting for them.
However, having said that, could someone please explain the purpose of the 3 to 5 second full screen, close up shot of a male’s genitalia? This did absolutely nothing to further the narrative of the story, or the particular character’s story arc. The directors could have simply framed a long shot of the character’s bare backside (from Arya’s point of view) while the actor said his line about “having a wart on his c**k.
I am left to conclude that the purpose of the shot was for it’s simple shock value.
After 65 episodes, the producers and directors should have known better than to stoop to such cheap tactics.
Other than that one "ahem" small critique, the episode was fantastic, IMHO.
Agreed - the “wart shot” offered absolutely nothing worthwhile to the story-line.
My very first thought was that somehow this was Arya’s doing, but then it became obvious that it was simply dropped-in. I mean really guys, there was nothing better you could have done with that time?