Phone Sex
Sex is more than a glandular attraction.
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By: Merryl LentzPhotos: Provided by Dikenga Films+ Jan 17, 2007 at 12:22pm |
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Sexiness is much more than one set of glands beckoning another. Unlike the physical sex act, sexiness defies narrow labels and quantification; it eludes reduction to sterile medical and physiological terminology. In fact, sexiness has very little to do with the physical or the material, and when it does, it’s more conceptual than carnal. Sexiness is a highly personal interpretation, an intangible, an abstraction. Sexiness is an individualized aesthetic whose intrigue and variety stretch to infinity...and beyond.
What is sexy? This is the surprising and fascinating revelation of “Phone Sex,” the new DVD from director Steve Balderson (“Firecracker,” “Pep Squad”). The element of the unexpected is what gives “Phone Sex” its irresistible allure. It’s an aural anthology of voice mail messages, paired with evocative imagery, from callers answering the question, “What is sexy?” Refreshingly, it spurns the superficial, media-driven ideals of perfection -- botox, plastic surgery, soulless symmetry -- as unattractive, even grotesque. And, despite the title, there is nothing lewd or lascivious about “Phone Sex.” Interestingly, the actual sex act was rarely mentioned in response to the question (although one man did find sexiness in “zero gravity sexual positions”).
What is abundant in “Phone Sex” is joy -- people relishing sexiness, and relishing it with endearing honesty -- even the ones who expressed concern that their concept of sexiness might be unconventional. Many of the responses are humorous; many are sweet and eloquent;
many are delivered with care, thoughtfulness and a reverence bordering on spirituality. It’s just as compelling to listen to the delivery as the words being delivered.
Confidence as integral to sexiness is mentioned often; one man summed it up as, “A divine quality that comes from within--I’ve seen 200-pound men that seem to embody Sharon Stone.” Authenticity, mystery, freedom, imagination and the unexpected were described as sexy. There were those who were drawn to what others might find fearsome: Leatherface from “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “blood on pale flesh,” “men with gnomish faces,” and a woman who gleefully bubbled, “If someone wears a Michael Myers mask and turns their head the right way, I go crazy!” And then there were objects, elements of nature, the ethereal, all described with poignancy and poetic eloquence. Coffee with cream, nighttime, tigers, orange blossoms, tornadoes, laughing with total abandon, bats, anvils, books, lightning storms, fireflies, a ring around the moon.
Balderson has described “Phone Sex” as “perfect for playing in the background during a cocktail party or fall housecleaning.” He’s wrong. You’ll want it front and center. You won’t want to miss a word. Listening attentively is, after all, very, very sexy!
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