I try to keep up on what is out there in popular culture. As you get older, it gets harder to keep tuned in.
I’ve never been interested in the 50 Shades of Gray genre (per se), but I did want to know what folks were talking about.
Mid July the movie was offered on iTunes for $4.99. I scooped it up. I still haven’t watched it, and don’t have plans to soon.
I didn’t want to give the company money for it, but I doubt I’ll ever get access to it for less.
The way it was advertised, I thought it would be abysmal. I hold that view to this day. This young woman’s use of it, tends to verify my take on it, but I’m sure most people watched it and didn’t do something like this.
I submit that it probably did twist people in ways that weren’t good for them or their current or future partners.
Some ideas are best left not presented.
Dave Barry’s review of 50 shades of grey... (very funny)
http://time.com/3030375/dave-barry-50-shades-of-grey/
I think of 50 shades of gray as our modern cultural equivalent of Deep Throat. THAT movie got middle aged women into xxx movie houses. It was shocking.
50 Shades of Gray is rightfully called mommy prn.
The actual movie was far more subtle and gentle in it’s depiction of ‘rituals’ than I had expected. I suspect others thought the same, as the gross earnings went down very quickly after the first two weeks.
More than half of “50 Shades” sold were bought by US American women.
Said women are about - lets say - 2-4% of the world population.
Draw you own conclusions .....