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‘The all-consuming orgasm’: how erotic thriller Obsession takes sex to the next level
This tale of lust between a woman and her boyfriend’s dad is bringing BDSM to mainstream TV. Its stars Richard Armitage and Charlie Murphy discuss leather, ribbons and the truth about intimacy on screen
www.theguardian.com
"Oh inkwell, sex isn't that important, in fact it doesn't matter at all, you're just overthinking it. OK, now read my 1,500-plus-word essay on this BDSM/cheating-based erotic thriller on Netflix, to see how much I'm not overthinking sex like you do."
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Won't lie, some parts of this are pretty brutal:
The thrust of Obsession is broadly as Armitage describes: “Has anybody ever stepped into your life who has given you that sense of overwhelming, indescribable physical obsession? If they have, did you end up in a relationship with them or did you choose to walk away? If they haven’t, I pity you. Because everyone should feel that.”
And some people will feel like: ‘I want to feel that.’ It’s a bit like … oh, I’d better not go there.” “You have to.” “Well, I’m sure there are people in the world who have never had an all-consuming orgasm. You’re missing a large part of being human.”
And some are just hilarious:
But if TV has largely evolved so female characters can’t be ciphers any more, and kink doesn’t have to be etched out of a plot to which it is actually central, there is also more contention around BDSM, more people who would challenge it as a legitimate preference and say that it’s women internalising male violence.