The wife and I enjoy the series. It’s a good show outside of the wanton displays of sex and violence.
That being said, the one point I like to make is that sex and violence is part of humanity throughout history. There’s nothing being shown in the show that was out of the ordinary from history.
Christianity brought about the morality that we all saw as enlightening, but as it’s slowly going out of style again, we’re degrading into the violent, sexually unfaithful society we once were.
/dons flame suit
“It’s a good show outside of the wanton displays of sex and violence.”
I keep reading wondering if you think that is really true. If so, you should don that flame suit.
And your point is?
My wife and I love the series also. Sure, the sex scenes should be deleted on the cutting room floor, but other than that it’s an interesting story-line.
Yes, I think focusing only on the gratuitous sex as a reason for the popularity is a short-sighted analysis. Yes, there are sex scenes, just like EVERY other HBO show and pretty much any premium cable series has.
If the sex scenes were the cause of the popularity, then every premium cable series would be just as popular, but they aren’t.