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The Cut

Smutty TV Has Changed and So Have We

The Cut

New York Magazine

Personal Journals, Documentary, Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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It feels like people are getting more comfortable expressing their horniness on main... especially when it comes to the shows they're streaming. The Cut’s B.A. Parker talks about how shows like Bridgerton, Normal People and Sex/Life are capturing viewers’ attention with their intimacy. But what does it mean for how we express our desires out loud? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut.

0:46.8

Hi Ma. Hi B.A. What's the name of that show you made me watch when you came to visit me last month?

0:53.6

What? Virgin River? My mom likes to keep busy. Now that she's retired, which given the pandemic

1:00.4

means a whole lot of streaming these days. How fast did you watch all of it? I want to say I started

1:08.0

on the Sunday afternoon and I went through to maybe midnight one o'clock.

1:14.5

Hey. But you know how I feel about Jack and Virgin River. He's all messed up. But my God,

1:22.3

he's got a temple that you just want to look at for days. And here comes Mel into his life.

1:30.9

And you know, he thinks that he will never find love. And she's just as messed up as he is.

1:44.8

I can't. Well, I know enough to know I'm right about us. But there's very

1:51.4

specific content that she's also been watching. Well, at least we appreciate it. 365 days.

1:59.9

Let me take all of us. All of us. We made all of us watch him most behind. Yes, we did. That

2:08.8

wasn't even romance. All of us. Who's all of us? All of us on Facebook.

2:18.1

Have you noticed lately your moms, your aunts, your friends being really

2:24.4

aroused on Maine, swooning during the pandemic, even more so than usual, just like he streaming left

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