Re:“How Americans edit sex out of my writing”
by coldtea on Thursday October 06, 2022 @04:05PM
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>It was easy to edit that orgasm out. The passage sounds better without the uselessly controversial bit, so the reader can concentrate on the experience the two characters are having.
In fact, the opoosite was gained: the american editor forced it to be a story without the fun - two, if not sinners, then desperate people, slamming their bodies onto one another. For all we know, they get nothing out of this. With the orgasm detail in, it becomes fun sex - and dirty.
Same way adulteresses had to be punished for it in Noir films, or they wouldn't pass the censorship.
In fact, the opoosite was gained: the american editor forced it to be a story without the fun - two, if not sinners, then desperate people, slamming their bodies onto one another. For all we know, they get nothing out of this. With the orgasm detail in, it becomes fun sex - and dirty.
Same way adulteresses had to be punished for it in Noir films, or they wouldn't pass the censorship.