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Purpose

What's the purpose of this article? Is this supposed to refer to comedies like American Pie and Sex is Zero, or to porn-comedies such as the Danish "Tegn"(zodiak)-movies. 惑乱分からん 13:20, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Two years later... this question still hasn't been answered. This article is mainly written about British sex comedies of the 1960s-70s (e.g. the Carry On films), with a brief section about Israeli sex comedies, but has no mention of Hollywood films like American Pie, which seems a pretty major omission. It should be expanded to cover the American 'college sex comedy' genre - unless such films have their own page elsewhere? Robofish (talk) 17:56, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is meant to refer to British sex comedies of the 1960s-70s. Not simply any comedy which has sexual themes.Willy turner (talk) 23:40, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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israeli sex comedy

Would it be worth splitting this article into British sex comedies and Israeli sex comedies? Vizjim (talk) 00:02, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

After four years it would probably be best to blank it, and replace it with an article that starts with Thomas Rowlandson and William Hogarth, then moves on to the impact of Mae West in the 1930s, then the Hays Code backlash, then the boundary-pushing Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice in the late 60s / early 70s, with a paragraph in the middle along the lines of e.g. "during the 1970s the British film industry also produced a number of sex comedies, including EXAMPLE and the more ribald EXAMPLE. Israel's EXAMPLE was that country's top-grossing film of YEAR, and the genre was also popular in Denmark and EXAMPLE. Elements of the sex comedy genre also appeared in EXAMPLE". Then the article would explain that the sex comedy was killed off in the 1980s by Reagan, Thatcher, and the Moral Majority, and then the article would move on to American Pie and its heirs which were no doubt a backlash against George W Bush. Thus into the modern era. See also: "sex horror" films such as Hostel, gross-out films such as There's Something About Mary. That's how I would write the article if I was doing so in a professional capacity and had a tonne of time and a big bag of cocaine and £450. There is space for a thorough article about the mid-70s British sex comedy, but on this evidence it's not going to happen unless Empire or Sight & Sound does a major retrospective of the genre, bringing in a new generation of editors. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 17:13, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

scope

The article is too narrowly defined. For instance, "sex comedy" is sometimes applied to certain of Shakespeare's comedies: see these examples from university presses. See too the diverse results here, also from university presses. The term seems to be used for theatre as well as cinema, and maybe TV. Cynwolfe (talk) 16:22, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The article reads like OR to me. The inline citations only seem to support some finer points about British films. Even within an Anglocentric context, equating the relatively general term sex comedy with such a specific film style and era is arbitrary. The term can certainly encompass TV productions as well (e.g., Goodnight Sweetheart). Ringbang (talk) 02:06, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject

As if Brits were the only ones interested in sex, or comedy. How else classify Goodbye Charlie, or Move Over Darling?

Further, where does a sex comedy leave off, and a bedroom farce begin?

C+. Must try harder. 50.0.36.103 (talk) 15:24, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oruchuban Ebichu as a sex-comedy show

Oruchuban Ebichu is slice-of-life show of Ebichu, a hamster-maid and her perspective of her master's life, mainly her sex life. There are many sexual innuendos and a lot of animated sex and nudity. Proposal to add this to the article. 86.98.60.107 (talk) 07:55, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese Examples and then some

I'm not versed in editing but if someone else is can you please consider adding Yurasai Yatsura as an example? It seems to me like it's a prime example. I also find that there is little discussion as to the difference between romantic comedy, sex comedy and comedy porn which can all overlap. There is also an ambiguity also seen in art where some can say it's just porn and others can say it's just art. I am not entirely certain but I believe there should be some attempts to make distinctions in academic sources on this subject that might be useful. I would suggest seeing what definitions papers on these matters tend to adopt. There is also no connection that I can see on the page with sex jokes such as The Aristocrats. It's a side not but I think this article is at risk of becoming a mess because of a lack of at least a rough taxonomy and set of definitions. I could also argue to add Futurama Crushed Pelvis's, Tromas Maniac Nurses find Ecstasy, the Enterprise episodes where Tucker is impregnated, the Voyager Enterprise where an ensign and the captain are turned into Salamanders and end up mating, DS9 where Quark ends up with Grilka, DS9 where Ivanovna invents a pretend mating ritual to complete a treaty according to custom with an ambassador in a desperate situation, similar scenes in Voyager with Nelix when he goes after some Klingons, Team America, etc. You'll notice that many of these are sci-fi, fantasy etc. I think there is also a distinction between just normal fiction and comedy in fantasy settings that makes unexpected things possible. It feels at the moment almost more like a list or just a chronology that could be added to continually. We could carry on forever like this going through anything comedic or potentially so with a sexual component. I also think there is some missing discussion about things such as when things that would otherwise be deemed pornographic are able to escape that category. It is touched upon briefly but not really explicitly discussed from what I can see. It can be expected to be the case that many artworks including sexual themes end up hidden falling into the category of porn. There is minimal discussion on the processes that allow certain things to break out. I will drop a hint that in Britain it was sometimes permissible if it were farcical showing it going wrong potentially being seen as a warning against or a tale of folly or cautionary tale though you'll have to dig up the references for that yourself. It is not the only aspect of it but one example if someone likes editing. Similarly if it only has soft porn then it has a better chance to be published through channels not considered pornographic or exclusively so. Similarly things like directors cuts or harder porn in already adult movies with violent themes can get through. I just think much of the discussion that can be sources on this requires going back quite some. I suspect if you source the argumentation happening at the time if it is still available at some point that should be mentioned and if not what is said should be citable at stated reasons for or against. I would suggest looking at the gov site and parliamentary transcripts. They often talk even about things such as this going back to at least the war with discussions on things such as laws on media regarding radio broadcasts and censorship discussed. It is obviously something that will be in the newspapers, there was much discussion regarding Monty Python for example in relation to blasphemy. I suspect there are records of people debating definitions and categories already in the public sphere when these things came out and whether or not such things amounted to porn. I have some recollections of this even within my life time and I'm not particularly old. If someone would like to improve this article I hope this serves for some leads on what to search for in sources. I'd like to see an article better describing the phenomena in and of itself. A time line is quite good but it devolves into lists with just examples or references and a poor overview of the phenomena.

St. Trinians

Is St.Trinian's sex comedy series? or not.

The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960)
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)
St. Trinian's (2007)
St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
St Trinian's 3 (2014)? 193.210.192.211 (talk) 19:20, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea about the classic films. I have seen the 2007 film several times. The main protagonist starts wearing sexier clothes after a make-over, the members of the Posh Totty clique flaunt their sexuality, and one of them mentions having a boyfriend from Ouagadougou. Otherwise there is little to no sexual content. The main plot of the film concerns the girls stealing a valuable painting from an art gallery, and then returning it for a reward. Dimadick (talk) 05:24, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]