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3 | ''Shortbus'' is a 2006 film made by Creator/JohnCameronMitchell, the guy behind ''Theatre/{{Hedwig And The Angry Inch}}''. [[ExplicitContent It is known primarily for its scenes of unsimulated sex]]. |
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5 | [[BigApplesauce Set in New York City]], the movie [[TwoLinesNoWaiting follows two occasionally intersecting narratives]]. The first revolves around Sofia, a [[{{Irony}} sex therapist who has never achieved orgasm]] in her life, and the strain it puts on her marriage. After attending the [[CoolestClubEver Studio 54-esque club Shortbus]], Sofia befriends professional dominatrix Severin, who tries to help her finally find orgasm. |
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7 | The second revolves around James, an amateur filmmaker and former [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold hustler]] who is [[LonersAreFreaks morose and introverted]]. He and his boyfriend, Jamie, begin an open relationship with a third man, while a fourth, named Caleb, [[StalkerWithACrush stalks James from his apartment one block over]]. The film James has been working on turns out to have an unpleasant surprise. |
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9 | While ''Shortbus'' has largely been overshadowed by ''[[Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch Hedwig]]'', it remains a quirky and off-beat flick with its own merits. If nothing else, [[ItsNotPornItsArt it has lots and lots of sex in it]]. |
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12 | !!This work contains the following examples: |
13 | * {{Anorgasmia}}: Sofia is a sex therapist who has never achieved orgasm in her life. |
14 | %%* BigBlackout |
15 | * BiggerIsBetterInBed: Not actually discussed, but there can't be a single penis seen in the film less than seven inches long (6 1/2 minimum). |
16 | %%* BrainsAndBondage: Severin. |
17 | * TheCameo: Many, mostly of New York artists, musicians, and writers, and John Cameron Mitchell himself. |
18 | * EasilyForgiven: Everyone towards everyone. |
19 | * EmbarrassingFirstName: Severin's [[NamedLikeMyName real name]] is [[spoiler:Creator/JenniferAniston]]. |
20 | %%* EpiphanyTherapy |
21 | * EmptyRoomPsych: [[spoiler:It turns out that the pool that James mentioned in the beginning became the place where he attempted suicide.]] |
22 | * EveryoneHasLotsOfSex: All of the main characters have lots of sex. Extras get into the action too, with the orgy scene. |
23 | %%* EveryoneIsBi: Except for the characters who are gay. |
24 | * FanserviceExtra: In the orgy scene, an entire roomful of unnamed characters are shown having sex (much of it unsimulated). |
25 | * FormerChildStar: Jamie is one, and he held it quite hard. By the way, the show that he filmed is about a white boy who was adopted by a black family (that do not tell him the truth right from the beginning, leaving him to think that he is an albino). |
26 | * InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:James is stopped just as he tries to kill himself.]] |
27 | %%* LoveDodecahedron: Both had spades of this, although Sofia had a more complex one. |
28 | * MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Sofia is seen having sex with her husband on a ball, the piano, and against a glass door along with in bed. |
29 | * MeaningfulName: Severin, taken from the protagonist of ''Literature/VenusInFurs''. Also a subversion, as Severin is the submissive part in ''Literature/VenusInFurs''. |
30 | %%* MyGirlIsASlut |
31 | * NakedOnArrival: The opening scene is different sex scenes intercut with each other, including James attempting autofellatio. |
32 | %%* NoSocialSkills: Severin, which Sofia helped her to overcome. |
33 | * OneSteveLimit: James' original name is Jaime, so he changed his name so that people can differentiate him and his boyfriend. |
34 | * PairTheSpares: James and Jamie's stalker Caleb seems to hit it off with Ceth at the end after James and Jamie get back together. |
35 | * PornWithPlot: While the actors and actresses are having ''[[ExplicitContent real]]'', penetrating sex on camera, the film actually has a bigger point to make, with various subplots and notable characters, using sex acts as StockVisualMetaphors. |
36 | * RescueRomance: [[spoiler:James gets involved with the man that saved his life by preventing him from killing himself.]] |
37 | * ShoutOut: A vibrating egg has the phrase ''Film/InTheRealmOfTheSenses'' written on it. And yes, it is inserted into a main characters' vagina. |
38 | * SexMontage: Sofia is shown having sex with her husband in a variety of places and positions around the house. |
39 | * StalkingIsLove: [[spoiler:James's stalker appears to genuinely care for him, to the point of saving his life, and they get involved after that.]] |
40 | * ThreeWaySex: Jamie and James had one with Ceth. [[spoiler: This was actually a plan of James's for getting them together before he attempted suicide, so that Jaime wouldn't be lonely afterward.]] |
41 | * TurnOfTheMillennium: It references many current events and trends of the early 00s, including UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, September 11th, and the New York City blackout. |
42 | %%* TheTwink: Ceth, to some extent. |
43 | * {{Transvestite}}: Justin Bond, he is depicted as homosexual here. [[spoiler: That doesn't stop him from briefly making out with Sofia.]] |
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