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Cheap Thrills
Sex and violence on the screen
When certain films don't keep it clean
The plots and themes are various
Every thrill vicarious
Viewers wallow in the waste
Not too concerned with better taste
Lurid touches that they favor
With the cheap thrills that they savor
No harm in all the flesh and blood
The fluids that come in a flood
The kicks may be vicarious
But benefits are various
After the bullets, after gore
The sex that knocks them to the floor
Viewers are more apt to find peace
After being granted some release.
When certain films don't keep it clean
The plots and themes are various
Every thrill vicarious
Viewers wallow in the waste
Not too concerned with better taste
Lurid touches that they favor
With the cheap thrills that they savor
No harm in all the flesh and blood
The fluids that come in a flood
The kicks may be vicarious
But benefits are various
After the bullets, after gore
The sex that knocks them to the floor
Viewers are more apt to find peace
After being granted some release.
Published 9th Dec 2018
Author's Note
I believe in the cathartic value of exploitation films, more hard to find these days. If viewers get their thrills from B movie guns and sex it might be a satisfaction, a perversely healthy one.
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9th Dec 2018 10:54pm
New movies are total shit. Same boring plots and a ton of green screen to make it fancy. We need to go back to the old "Pulp Fiction" type stuff or we're lost forever. Great poem btw
9th Dec 2018 11:06pm
Thank you, vglleo. Movies now tend to have higher budgets and ridiculously elborate special effects. I miss real stunt work, and ham acting. Quentin Tarantino has the right idea. Thanks again!
9th Dec 2018 11:17pm
10th Dec 2018 1:07am
The contrivance might be part of the charm. The lower the budget, the more resources come into play, out of necessity. Thank you Grace!
10th Dec 2018 10:12am
10th Dec 2018 11:58pm
10th Dec 2018 2:29pm
Got some nice rhyming bits there, zinging along - and makes a very valid point too.
11th Dec 2018 00:00am
Thanks Josh. I'm glad the point is well taken. Pure exploitation films seem to be a dying breed on the big screen. There's always DVD.
10th Dec 2018 2:36pm
great write Sir Crow
an exploration of the more seedy side of B rated movies
it made me think of the difference between playboy and hustler...
I always preferred hustler lol
so I can see what you mean...
love Brenda 💕
an exploration of the more seedy side of B rated movies
it made me think of the difference between playboy and hustler...
I always preferred hustler lol
so I can see what you mean...
love Brenda 💕
11th Dec 2018 00:04am
I like my entertainment down and dirty. Hustler was a groundbreaking publication, in its way, just as much as Playboy. Playboy pics have always struck me as unreal, the beauties air brushed from their blemishes. Not true of Larry Flynt's mag. Thank you so much, Brenda!
20th Dec 2018 10:07pm
Very well rhymed and structured. I like your style. I love your theme as well.
