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These actors’ television fame adds a whisper of remembered prurience here, a flavor of kitsch there.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
But there is more than prurience or even provocation at work here.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
But this isn’t all down to her own prurience.
—Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
Ants Tammik’s camerawork is similarly inspired, especially in the framing of the women’s bodies which are displayed without prudery but also without prurience, and usually only partially — backs, breasts, bellies, chins propped on knees.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2023
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
But there is more than prurience or even provocation at work here.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
But this isn’t all down to her own prurience.
—Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
Ants Tammik’s camerawork is similarly inspired, especially in the framing of the women’s bodies which are displayed without prudery but also without prurience, and usually only partially — backs, breasts, bellies, chins propped on knees.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2023
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“Prurience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prurience. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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