6 November Lecture

8/10/2019 6 November Lecture

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Teardrop, Ree’s uncle in

Winter’s Bone



Now that’s what I call an actor.



Helen Hunt interview with

the Wall Street Journal

• Did you read Mark O’Brien’s 1990 magazine article, ‘OnSeeing a Sex Surrogate,’ while you prepared for the role?

• Yes. He has a book, and that’s one of the chapters. There’sthe thing with the ear, when he goes “That feels weird.”The way it actually happened was he said, “Can I put mytongue in your ear?” And she said, “No, because I hate

that, but it’s a really good question and I am glad you askedbecause you will ask somebody else and they’ll be reallywanting you do that.” And I thought, “That’s it!” That’s theexchange right there: It’s great you asked. It’s great that Isay no. And it’s really important you ask again.

• Who do you hope sees this movie?

• I really want young people to see this movie. I want themto sneak in. While they are seeing 5,000 other images ofwhat sex is supposed to be, if they could see this one also,it would be pretty great.

• The sex in this film is not that fake, airbrushed perfect sexshown in so many films that are geared toward thataudience.

• This film is about how awkward sex is, how beautiful it is,how scary it can be, how vulnerable everybody feels.

• Is Fox Searchlight doing anything specifically to bringyounger people in?

• They can’t. I’m totally naked so it’s an R. That’s just how itis.

• What about college students?

• I’m going to push that, to bring it to colleges. On the onehand, maybe by then it ’s too late. But maybe it’s never toolate. It’s a good idea. Thank you for that.



Sex Therapist

Cheryl Cohen Greene’s training basedon research of U.S. sex researchers

such as Masters and Johnson and

Alfred Kinsey that emerged in the

1950s and 1960s.



Masters and Johnson’s research

• As well as recording some of the firstphysiological data from the human body and sexorgans during sexual excitation, they also framed

their findings and conclusions in language thatespoused sex as a healthy and natural activitythat could be enjoyed as a source of pleasure andintimacy.

• The era in which their research was conductedpermitted the use of methods that have not beenattempted before or since. (source: Wikipedia)

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