Sexy movies are a hard sell to Gen Z. Can Poor Things change that?
As Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos bemoaned the lack of sex in mainstream film, a recent study from UCLA found that a good chunk of Gen Z just doesn't really want to see sex in TV and movies anymore. CBC News spoke to critics and filmmakers about why sex scenes are a turn off for young people.
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![The film Poor Things stars Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back from the dead by a mad scientist in the Victorian era. Emma Stone stars as Bella Baxter in the film Poor Things by director Yorgos Lanthimos.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7053708.1702065704!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/emma-stone-as-bella-baxter-in-poor-things.jpg)
As Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos bemoaned the lack of sex in mainstream film, a recent study from UCLA found that a good chunk of Gen Z just doesn't really want to see sex in TV and movies anymore. CBC News spoke to critics and filmmakers about why sex scenes are a turn off for young people.