Citations:sexposition
English citations of sexposition
practice of providing exposition against a backdrop of sex
edit- coined in 2011 by Myles McNutt to describe scenes in Game of Thrones in which characters talk while they have sex or watch others having sex
- 2012, "Ken from Chicago", HBO's "Luck" has few viewers (on newsgroup rec.arts.tv)
- There were similar grumbles about season GAME OF THRONES eps, but it always had the Dinklage turning in reportedly great performances--including a redefinition of, ahem, "SLAPschtick"--and its infamous sexposition […]
- 2015 February 9, Diane Gordon, “Esme Bianco on Being at the Forefront of Game of Thrones’ Sexposition Revolution”, in Vulture.com[1]:
- “Sexposition” — the reveal of plot points during explicit sex scenes — is a word that’s become part of the TV vernacular, in large part thanks to Game of Thrones.
- 2015 June 17, Christopher Orr, “Why Does Game of Thrones Feature So Much Sexual Violence?”, in The Atlantic[2]:
- Why so much sex and violence? The question has been raised in different ways at different times. Early on, it principally focused on nudity and “sexposition” — the habit of featuring naked bodies (usually those of prostitutes) onscreen while a principal character enunciated some otherwise tedious plot details.
- 2017 August 14, “Game of Thrones has finally, thankfully ditched the sex for good”, in The Guardian[3]:
- Remember the bad old days of sexposition? All that naked flesh cynically deployed in the background – or even foreground – to sugar the presumably bitter pill of Westeros world-building? Sexposition was the stick used to beat Game of Thrones in the show’s early running ...
- 2018 May 24, “The Rewatchables: The Social Network”, in The Ringer[4]:
- ... [The Social Network] does something interesting too, [it] essentially beats Game of Thrones to the sexposition punch by like two or three years ...
- 2021 October 25, Ben Travis, “The Witcher Season 2: Geralt Of Rivia Is Ready To Fight In Exclusive Image”, in Empire[5]:
- Coins at the ready, everyone – it’s only a few more weeks until Netflix will be unleashing the second season of The Witcher on us all, sure to be packed with more monster-hunting, mage-machinations, and outrageous sexposition monologues as Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia confronts his destiny.