Tonight on TV? Bashing kinksters for profit [or personal gain].
Even a well-made series like The Umbrella Academy cannot resist a stab at kink. "Nothing wrong with a good spanking" says Mr. Creepy Guy at the beginning of season four. Is it really that important us kinksters are being considered normal? What's normal anyway?
Personally I believe being normal has a lot to do with going after what you really want in life, even if other people don't understand. There is only one person responsible for your happiness and it's you, so you better get up and get greedy.
Dutch likes DIY, blogging and kink just to name a few. Nobody ever asks me why I spend hours in my workshop rather than on social media. Is it even relevant what other people think? The only thing that matters is that your personal preferences don't become a hindrance in life, which usually means worship privacy with vigor. Wouldn't it be great if I could say I love to worship my Love and mistress and people would just nod and agree, good for you, as if you were telling them you decided on Thai food instead tonight? Never gonna happen. Pointing out the differences between people and proclaiming their way of life is superior will always benefit someone or some corporation. [1] [3]
Anyway, after my shocking discovery there's a sex dungeon in the basement of the Ghostbusters building or something like that, let's get the truth out. #NeverNormal is everywhere, just look at your TV. Below a list of TV shows and movies I've seen recently that one way or another manage to sneak in a little kink. Hardly ever neutral, sometimes for entertainment purposes only but mostly to placate the audience, making them feeling secure as in 'I'm normal, they are freaks. Just look at them'. Kinksters - yes you too - are cannon fodder at best. Sorry.
1. The Boys
In an alternative superheroes have gone rogue. The
Boys is one of my favourite series. Currently at season four and for no reason
the female CEO of evil corp Vought walks in to her office and asks who wants
to have their balls crushed. Young, bound, naked male on the floor squaks 'me
please'. So lame. Whatever.
2.Kleo
One of the most fun shows to watch recently. The main
character is a young girl, a killer trained by the government of East Germany.
She becomes the sacrificial scapegoat when things go wrong and wastes her
youth in prison untill the Berlin Wall falls in 1989. No longer an enemy of a
state that has vanished, Kleo is released and goes full rampage.
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| According to Kleo-lore the blonde gentleman on the left is the inventor of the Berlin love parade. |
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| In the hands of a sadistic killer, that gag is not for fun. |
3. You
A twisted and bizarre homicidal maniac with a love of
books, who carries his clear glass dungeon with him all over the United
States. At least two references to BDSM, both are equally weird in case you're
wondering.
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| look at the titles on hte book shelf. |
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Look at that! [Again] |
4. Ballerina
A movie that is somewhat different. The main
character has a day job as a highly trained dancer, seeks vengeance on
those who killed her friend. A group of men obduct women to torture them on
camera and sell the footage. Nasty. Honestly I think there are easier ways for
criminals to make money. What motivated the script writer to pick this angle?
5. Zombie 100
In a post I wrote some 11 years ago - give or take -
I wrote about a dreaming of a trip around the world in 80 dommes. Maybe I
should update that post. Ever since the Living Dead, zombies have turned into
cuddly toys. But what if the end is inevitable and you still have your bucket
list with 100 things to cross of before you die? First order of business is to
save your friend who is holed up in a Japanese love hotel. Less fortunate is
that his slave girl has turned into a zombie. Of the disobedient kind. Luckily
for him, she is tied up or else. Once again, why choose BDSM as a topic?
6. Dix Pourcent
In English the show is named Call My Agent. The
French series ran for four seasons and is an absolute gem. In some episode one
of the management assistents [who sleeps with her boss of course] wears a neck
corset. Rather surprisingly it is some kind of turn on for the male, gay
assistent. Didn't see that coming.
7. The Violence Action
More daft than funny is this Japanese
movie. Makes little sense but OK. In The Violence Action a bunch of female
students moonlight as assassins. Somewhere at the start of the movie one of
them is sent out to rescue a young woman from a bunch of bad,
non-consensual, sadistic men. After a succesful mission, she returns to base
with Japanese Elvis, her sidekick. His reward for helping out? Being
trampled by another woman. Whatever.
8. Obliterated
This series makes even less sense than The
Violence Action. To say its pulp is to overrate it. Yet surprisingly it's
also one of few programs in this list where kink has a purpose. In order not
to be exposed as a spy, an attractive young woman puts on a gag and then
locks herself to a pole. So vulnerable [and almost naked] the pretty girl
has to be innocent, right?
9. Dogs of Berlin
"Two cops investigate the murder of a famous
Turkish-German soccer player." When a corrupt football official flees to
Chile, a lawyer is sent after him. She is also a hardcore fixer who has no
qualms torturing men to get answers. Her methods though are overly
complicated. He is tied to the floor and she is putting on her stiletto
heels to trample him. A silly conversation ensues:
"Give it to me. Other have to pay for it, I get I for free."
"Others have to pay for it, yes. But they have a safe word."
That's why we kinksters never gonna be normal. Guard your privacy with vigilance.
10. Blue Eye Samurai
This anime series is perhaps the best show
I've seen of late, its story telling is beyond breathtaking. During Japan's
Edo period (17th century), Mizu is on a quest for vengeance against four
white men. In one episode Mizu enters a brothel where everything is
possible. The episode also includes BDSM scenes, only this time in a more
neutral way.
11. The Killer
And finally number 11. My film loving friends
were eagerly awaiting David Fincher's latest 'gem' to arrive on Netflix. It
did. So I watched it. Don't believe the hype. The opening scene shows our
killer eying a man visiting a professional dominatrix. The hitman explains
how patience is of the essence. After much talk he slowly pulls the trigger.
And hits the dominatrix instead. The cinematography is beautiful but once
again, why this setting?
The above is just a selection of the theme of BDSM popping up in series and movies. Other than shock value - look at them freaks - there is hardly any justification for it, so remember we may be living the life we want but that doesn't mean the world will ever accept us. Public or private? It's your choice. Choose wisely.
Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
Currently watching Kaos on Netflix. Yet another alternate universe, one where Jeff Goldblum rules as the Greek god Zeus. The series soundtrack is expensive, diverse, wide and impressive but above all excellent. In one episode, perfectly timed but completely out of tune, Jacky Wilson's Reet Petite starts playing. It just made me laugh so hard. Makes absolutely no sense or does it? Brilliant.
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| Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite [click to listen] |
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Notes
[1] Just my opinion but remember opinions are not facts. [2]
[2] A fact for sure.
[3] Also one of the reasons racism is so very hard to fight. Wanna know why, just look at who profits.
[4] Season four of The Boys came out recently [summer of 2024]. Stop reading if you haven't seen it yet.
Honestly I feel season four is one big mess, shock value was maxed up. The whole series was one big gore fest. One episode for the most part plays in a sex dungeon. It's just bizarre and not in a good way. Of course it had a gimp, Pulp Fiction style. It also features a buttler, equipped with a hose and dressed like somebody who works in a slaughterhouse. And of course there is the compulsary rich weirdo, just like the freaky executive. And in case you didn't get the message, hardcore non-non-consensual is the new consent. Because [in an alternative universe] those with money can get away with murder. The whole episode is truly horrible.
