Hi! Not sure how I got here, I think we have some friends in common? :)
HEEE! Spartacus! My pet show! I actually think it's a mixture of both. It was both "yay sex!" and a desire to make a few statements about slavery and objectification. A lot of things about that show are too deliberate to be the product of just OOH PORN. Like the pubic hair on the women, and the way the gladiators (instead of just the house slaves) are constantly brought into various performing-as-sextoys situations. Anyway, aside from some fail I was very disappointed with (really? That's your statement about gay male characters? Really?) it was actually really marvelous as a show about sex and objectification.
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HEEE! Spartacus! My pet show! I actually think it's a mixture of both. It was both "yay sex!" and a desire to make a few statements about slavery and objectification. A lot of things about that show are too deliberate to be the product of just OOH PORN. Like the pubic hair on the women, and the way the gladiators (instead of just the house slaves) are constantly brought into various performing-as-sextoys situations. Anyway, aside from some fail I was very disappointed with (really? That's your statement about gay male characters? Really?) it was actually really marvelous as a show about sex and objectification.