| AkiraGr said: That very moment that we are commenting on a penis on a videogame is showing how gamers think about a human organ that its porpose is for urinating and reproduction(well not always) is affecting the marketing campain of Rockstar's GTA DLC. Lolita stated the obvious BUT the difference is that our current society always state evrything that has to do with the reproductive organs of the human body as a taboo because the industry in the name of profit made the most beautifull thing that the two different sexes can enjoy into a sexual pervetion by the media and our every day life advertising. So a penis bring in people's mind the sexual intercourse of the two sexes and thats not the natural thing the human mind should think first,we are not animals we are humans and we define our actions by logic not by instincs. So many wonderfull paintings,sculpsures,ancient greek statues define the beauty of the naked human body. But that's art-games are not art,are toys-toys are played by kids-kids are forbidden to the knowledge of the human anatomy-penis is a human part of the human anatomy-penis in the mind of the mob is for sex-sex is forbidden for minors-so here we have a contreversy that rockstar uses to promote a game. Next step huge sales and millions for rockstar. |
This is a good point. Particularly what you had to say about video-games-as-toys. The immaturity of most game developers and gamers is what holds this medium back from becoming a legitimate art form analogous to film or literature.
Rockstar is brilliant. They put one flaccid, possibly prosthetic, penis into a cutscene, the entire world overreacts, they sell tzxillions of units. It's a hilariously blatant publicity stunt.
Fun Fact: Representations of the nude human body still had sexual connotations throughout art and history (ie: Ancient Greek sculptures of nude men and women were meant to be erotic to a certain degree). BUT sex was also viewed differently ... for better or worse.
For more interesting facts about penises read about the Lingam found in Hindu art. It's an avatar of Shiva, personafied as a giant penis.
