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Post by CodepNomore on Oct 8, 2014 7:20:31 GMT -8
Thanks for sharing it. I consider myself a movie buff in terms of watching quality made films, but I know my limits...Unfortunately, I cannot watch, hear, read, anything sexual. Because it would either remind me of my past experience or lead me to sexual fantasy and costly pleasure (with unpleasant consequences), which I don't want to happen.
I think such film appeals more to the sensuality of the flesh and create more fantasies in our senses than promote recovery.
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Post by CodepNomore on Oct 8, 2014 21:06:01 GMT -8
catalina, "Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of Marriage Counselor" sounds interesting. I'll try to watch it. Thanks! Speaking of the big screen, I prefer watching movies like "The Other Woman" of Cameron Diaz than those that highlight the "addiction" part and make it appear more to be desired than recovery. Ugh. This film somehow shows how a non-monogamous relationship or an affair does not work; how costly it is to engage in it and that it is impossible to sustain it without causing harm or pain to everyone involved. It is a comedy film and yet it made sense in this regard.
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Post by Sexlessw on Oct 9, 2014 4:07:15 GMT -8
The above posters are much younger than me - but I thank the OP for talking about Addicted. I saw clips from it on some of the bad entertainment shows I infrequently watch. At this stage, I'm not triggered, but you just never know. I find the longer I've been aware of LA, the more I can "sniff" out LA in films.
Back in the day, two films which stuck in my mind which today I consider LA themed - "The Good Wife" and "Maurice". "The Good Wife" was an Australian film staring Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown and Sam Neill (who else?) from 1985. "Maurice" was a Merchant Ivory film about a gay man in the early 1900s. I tend to find gay-themed films have a heavy dose of LA - or maybe the sadness of withdrawal from a break up.
Two British productions, both lesbian themed, which to me were twinged with LA are "Portrait of a Marriage" about Vita Sackville West's relationship with Violet Kepple and "Daphne" about Daphne DuMaruier (sp) and how she was madly in love with a MW.
LA is in films & television shows. When you identify it, you sympathize with the characters. And want to reach through the screen and go NO CONTACT IS THE ONLY WAY! STOP THE CONTACT NOW!
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Post by Susan Peabody on Oct 9, 2014 13:18:05 GMT -8
I have to see the movie to judge. We have Fatal Attraction for the love addicts, and the new series "Stalker," so I guess it is time for something about sex addiction. I just hope they differentiate between the two. They don't always do their research. Sending the heroine to therapy is good. Remember the first sex addict to get treatment in the movies. It was Klute with Jane Fonda. Then the Sopranos. Now it is a common, but good, underlying theme.
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Post by Sexlessw on Oct 10, 2014 3:50:30 GMT -8
Susan P:
Another TV show which dealt with the sex addiction angle was "Six Feet Under". Rachel Griffiths character was a sex addict, sought help and made amends, only to end up with the lead male character, played by Peter Krause. I didn't agree with how that was handled, but at least the character was drawn as somebody who sought help.
I didn't know about the Klute or Sopranos storylines.
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