12/9/2023 0 Comments Zebra lounge![]() “Dos Mas Dos” (2012), an Argentine comedy-drama, at least aimed for some kind of positive redemption after ‘swinging’ – in this film, the swinging between the two couples (the men are both best friends and business partners), causes a secret affair between one wife and the opposite husband. Now, besides the moral issues, people needed to consider their personal safety. ![]() Husbands be warned! “Zebra Lounge” (2001), A Canadian erotic thriller, took the negative message even further, when one of the swinging couples turns out to be a pair of dangerous psychopaths. It describes how a reluctant wife is persuaded into swinging, after which she turns into an insatiable nymphomaniac who prefers women to men. Lee not only linked ‘swinging’ to dubious morality, but also to the failure of parents to provide good role models for their children.Īnother warning bell was sounded in “The Sex Monster” (1999), an American comedy. This film is Lee’s comment on the confused and morally rudderless decade that followed the American sexual revolution. Directed by Ang Lee, it centres on two neighbouring families in an affluent Connecticut town in 1973. “ The Ice Storm” (1997), takes the subject into the realm of tragi-drama. It turns out that the film wasn’t about ‘swinging’ at all – the director/co-writer, Paul Mazurksy, was actually making a point about “moral earnestness”, and the hang-ups of the Eisenhower generation. We next see them walking out of the hotel hand in hand with their original spouses, having seemingly learned an important lesson. However, ‘swinging’ goes as far as a few minutes of passionate kissing – after which both couples stop. ![]() It begins with a weekend of total emotional honesty for Bob and Carol at a retreat, and ends with them in bed with their best friends, Ted and Alice. “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” (1969), is the first mainstream film to tackle the subject, and takes a comic look at the issues instigated by the sexual revolution that swept the USA in the late 1960s. Here are some of the main films in the genre… Most films that deal with “swinging” depict it in a negative light, and use the subject as a device to encourage heavy drama or myriad complications.įew writers/directors seem to have had the courage or interest to explore ‘swinging’ seriously, in all its shades of grey. Writers and directors regard ‘swinging’ as either fodder to send up, as an excuse for soft porn, or as fertile ground to comment on sociological issues and/or relationship problems. “Swinging” – where partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activity with other people – has been depicted in film in a variety of formats, including comedy, tragedy, drama and thriller. To celebrate the release of The Overnight, which is in cinemas now, psychologist Donna Dawson explores the subject of swinging in the movies.
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