Sex exploitation in films

Sex exploitation in films

From Media Indonesia

The screening of Buruan Cium Gue (Kiss Me Quick), a wide- screen film produced by Multivision Plus seems to complement television films fraught with sex scenes.

This particular film has drawn strong criticism from, among others, noted cleric A'a Gym and former sex star Inneke Koesherawati.

However, some people -- artists and mass media experts -- have said that this film reflects a social reality and that the scenes of kissing in the film must be accepted as a form of artistic expression.

Although the question whether kissing scenes in a film are acceptable and natural or not will be a subject for a long, drawn-out debate, it is clear that a film containing such scenes are not educational, especially because the story is set in a school, a place where ethics and morality must be upheld. In this context, we have to return to the religious values and heed the voice of our own conscience.

CANDRA YUDHA Yogyakarta