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Many actors choose not to use intimacy coordinators, and that is their prerogative.
In the reading I've done on this topic, it seems the actors who choose not to use them generally find their presence and input overbearing and counter-productive, impinging on spontaneity and creativity in the moment. It makes a difficult type of scene even more difficult. It is nigh impossible actors to find and maintain the intensity required for a sexual assault scene, for instance, if every touch, angle, and movement is choreographed and a potential source of conflict.

For many women actors, the choice depends on who the actor they're working opposite is.

I'm curious: What would be the "smarter" way to handle these topics?

Sounds like the film had a powerful effect on you. Your comments convinced me to watch this as soon as possible. Just because horrific acts are portrayed in a film, does not mean that adult audience members immediately run out and commit those same acts. Nor does it mean the film is condoning what it depicts. As your reaction and comments make clear, quite the opposite is true.

I've seen you in other threads complaining about this or that you were horribly upset and offended by. Perhaps you unconsciously, or consciously, I don't know, seek out what you claim to dislike.

All these things happen IRL and are fair game for dramatization, as they have been in thousands of films. If you can't deal with it, don't watch.

No, we all DON'T know what went down. That's why we watch movies; to find out what "goes down" in them. Very often, the only way to drive home the horrific nature of a crime or other trauma is to SHOW the crime or trauma. If you can't handle it, it's on you to stop watching.

Oh gosh, I love all those shows.
I have seen Mood Indigo and The Novelist three times, and both are on my best gay-themed lists. The End of the World With You is on my best bl list. Also admire Given, though it hasn't made my "best" list." D Unique!

Has Miki directed other shows you'd recommend?

Not really. :)

I hate you.

Someone's cranky.

And someone likes to throw around names of artists they've never read nor seen, in an effort to seem educated...or something.

Of course, standards-free fujoshis are "enjoying this stuff." Where did I say otherwise. That they, and you, like this stuff, is why Japan increasingly throws lame BLs our way; they know you'll eat it up, no matter what.

Is this REALLY a "rating app where people rate what they like?' Wow, I did not know that. Are you sure? Seriously? That never occurred to me. Thanks for clarifying...wow.

When did "the show" call a news conference and make all these fantastical "promises" you refer to? I missed that.

No, I don't, not EVER, like to "turn my brain off" when watching a drama or series. I prefer the shows I spend my valuable time watching, even comedies and light romances, to MAKE SENSE and be well-written and well-directed..

Lots of the blunders I've delineated in my comments are the result of sloppy, lazy writing and direction, which the director couldn't be bothered to fix. And almost all of them were fixable. His/her choice NOT to do so before releasing the show is a direct insult to the audience. "Here you go, here's a show for you to watch, but whatever. I could have tried harder, done better, but I don't give enough of a f*ck to present you with my best work." And you say, "OK, thanks! I don't have standards, and my brain is turned off, anyway, so it's all good!"

And as a result, we get more and more BL slop, rather than quality efforts, because the producers have no incentive to do their best possible work. Why should they? You'll squeal, giggle, and kick your little feet in fujoshi delight, regardless of what you see in front of you.

I've dropped a zillion shows, child, and you and your fangirl comrades aren't owed a standards-free comment section in which everyone agrees with YOU. People are free to post their negative perceptions as they please on MDL...at least, so far. Got that?

I made it clear early on that I thought the show had promise until somewhere in the third episode, at which time its quality began to decline. Perhaps you read that, but had your brain turned off, and thus don't recall. I had every reason to hope that decline might reverse itself. Just because it hasn't done so is not enough reason yet for me to check out.

To simplify, in case your brain is in the "off" position as you read this: The pain of watching this increasingly sloppy mess does not yet outweigh my desire to see what becomes of Hioki, who I find adorbs. Got it?

Got it. :)

I hope you didn't just spoil this story for me. You wouldn't do that, would you?

In truth, I'm up to here with people who come flying into comments, insisting that "this, this, and then this, are all going to happen because that's what happens in some Manga or novel, as if live-action adaptations aren't almost always significantly changed in the conversion process, whether for brevity, or just because a director wants to do so.

I should have known better than to click on your spoiler reply.

Indeed. Though, to be non-sexist, that should be "to each their own,' yes? :D

I dropped it quickly.
As I watched, I kept wondering why the main couple in a BL was being played by two lipstick Lesbians.

So far, my doctors suspect I have a brain worm of some sort...

Agreed!

Lots of MDLers think lame shows are "great."
MDL ratings are a joke.

I hope you don't determine your life choices based on how many other people are doing the same thing. Lemmings follow each other off cliffs, too. (Actually, the Lemming thing is a myth, but you get my drift.)

SIGH...
"Hugs (like the one behind the curtain) or eyes can convey so much more meaningful importance and sexiness than a kiss!"

Here, you clearly rate "hugs and eyes" as potentially more intense than "a kiss," which puts kissing in second place. Also, I'm not clear on how putting one's mouth on another person's mouth, moving one's lips in coordination with the other party's lips, and potentially tangling tongues and swapping spit can be LESS "intimate" than hugging someone or using eye signals. This is why touching, hugging, eye-staring, etc. always LEAD UP TO the kiss. The kiss is the ultimate deal.

I find it interesting/amusing that sex-phobic fujoshis love to giggle and gush over BLs that lack kisses, as I so often see here. It's revealing. They, and perhaps you, in their hearts of hearts, find kissing between two guys to be icky.

It doesn't matter what Morisake's brother said, if that's what he said, because Sake is never served in that huge an amount, never in a tall glass 2/3 full, never with ice, and never with lemon. Thus, it was either a goof in the writing or the props. Consider applying your knowledge of the Japanese language to the culture, as well.

Nor does one get vomit-drunk from half a sip of booze, no matter what kind. More bad writing.

Have a wonderful day.