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the subtle eroticism of his films
an actress known for her smoldering eroticism
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Instead, his hallucinatory drama explores themes like Black assimilation, imperial white oppression, eroticism, and the uneasy relationship between religion and power.
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
The brief screen time doesn’t detract from the fact that his scenes are among the film’s most impactful — and not just because of the eroticism alone.
—James Factora, Them, 27 Nov. 2024
So eroticism has been killed somehow, because of the overtaking of pornography.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2024
But nothing gets at the unabashed nature of Babygirl’s eroticism like that shot of Samuel tenderly cradling his lover like a child after having spent long hours holed up in a hotel room together indulging in lovemaking and games of dominance and submission.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
The brief screen time doesn’t detract from the fact that his scenes are among the film’s most impactful — and not just because of the eroticism alone.
—James Factora, Them, 27 Nov. 2024
So eroticism has been killed somehow, because of the overtaking of pornography.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2024
But nothing gets at the unabashed nature of Babygirl’s eroticism like that shot of Samuel tenderly cradling his lover like a child after having spent long hours holed up in a hotel room together indulging in lovemaking and games of dominance and submission.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Eroticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eroticism. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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eroticism
noun
erot·i·cism
i-ˈrät-ə-ˌsiz-əm 
1
: the arousal of or the attempt to arouse sexual feeling by means of suggestion, symbolism, or allusion (as in an art form)
2
: a state of sexual arousal or anticipation (as from stimulation of erogenous zones)
3
: insistent sexual impulse or desire
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