"The scene was hardly softcore. We see a back view of the woman sitting ontop of the man. The notion that the nudity in this film was in any way sensational or pornographic is incredible - irrespective of misplaced concerns about interracial sex."
I agree, the sex scenes were absolutely no big deal.
There appears to be a lot of UPTIGHT ULTRA conservative racists posting in this message forum about this film. Some people need to leave their little insulated tiny home towns more often!
Too many people in this film's message board seem overly concerned re the race of the man. Why aren't some of you, who are so upset about his race, not carping about the fact that he was a married man cheating on his wife?!
The 'uproar' over the 'interracial sex scene', as well as the lesbian scene, is way over the top. It's downright hilarious! The ultra conservatives posting on IMDB are utterly ridiculous. If movies like this one upset your uptight sensibilities, you need to stay away from them.
There is a whole world out there, where people of different races, creeds, religions and nationalities DO interact, as friends, and also sexually, imagine that?!
As for the posters simply commenting on Melody having sex with a black man, had the character had sex with about 50 different white men during the time period she lived in the loft, would there be such an uproar?! The over-the-top comments here seem to stem from the fact that there was a black man, with a foreign accent no less....lol....and a woman...Melody had sex with. Melody had sex with TWO people over the period of a few months, this is hardly shocking.
Had Melody slept with lot of white men, the comments would be much different.
As far as Saffron Burrows losing her job on "L&O: Criminal Intent", the show has been canceled, so it's a moot point. Though, I doubt any actor, or actress, who stars on a popular TV show would lose their steady TV job over nudity, or simulated sex scenes, they've done in non-porn theatrical films. That idea is completely outrageous and laughable.
Directors hire actors and actresses based on their talent, if their look is the type they need for the role and how the actor, or actress, fits into the director's vision of the film. Besides, there are a few porn actresses who have already crossed over to regular films!
Some of the comments I've been reading here on IMDB, really boggle the mind! It's 2011 people, let go of some of your puritanical values!
Leave the stifling worlds of your backwards home towns once in a while, experience new places, meet new people, learn a new language, learn an instrument, read a lot of books which feed your brain, eat different types of foods, in short: experience life beyond your insular close-minded little worlds!
Sometimes I wonder if some of these uptight posts are parodies. Because, anyone can read about any film before renting it or watching it on a cable movie channel, if you think the film is going to upset you, simply don't watch it.
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