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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-09-01 06:30 pm

[ SECRET POST #2799 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2799 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2014-09-02 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
According to my definition (which will vary from person to person, but I'm using mine), fan service isn't artistic because it's not done to help bolster the themes or messages of the work. Showing half-naked ladies for the eye candy isn't necessarily bad, but they don't do anything to promote the central idea.

Now, Spec Ops does show pictures of strippers on the walls of mall, for instance. However, there is artistic merit to these, I would argue, because pigs' heads have been graffitied over the women's heads. And given that there's an undercurrent of commentary about the toxic capitalism and class divide of Dubai, I'd say there's merit to them.

But having eye candy just for eye candy? In my opinion, that's not artistic. Not wrong, just not artistic (to me).