Is There a Right Way to Watch R-Rated Movies on a Plane? |
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Plane etiquette is a much-contested (and highly subjective) matter. Hard-boiled eggs? Bare feet? Clapping when you land? There are few widely established rules that dictate how we conduct ourselves in the skies, so it often comes down to the tolerance levels of nearby seatmates. And in-flight entertainment is an especially turbulent subject.
At Popsugar this week, a fresh debate was sparked when senior editor Taylor Andrews found herself ruby-faced in the window seat, watching Malin Åkerman and Brittany Snow flaunt their piping hot chemistry all over her screen. Taylor had selected the first episode of "The Hunting Wives," totally unaware of the definitely-not-G-rated sexuality that permeates the series. To be clear, Taylor is anything but squeamish around sex. She's our unofficial resident sex writer, having covered everything from spit kinks to the amount of protein you get from performing cunnilingus. But, seated on an airplane — intimately squished against strangers of all backgrounds and ages — a surge of embarrassment coursed through her.
Still, she happened to have two things working in her favor: she was, of course, in the window seat. And she was watching the show on her phone, both of which helped her maintain a sliver of modesty.
"In the window seat, you can turn yourself inward so no one can see what's on your screen. That way, if you get to a weird sexy moment, you can hide your phone from other people seeing it," she said in a recent Slack thread on the matter. "When ['The Hunting Wives'] got super steamy, I just turned my screen away hehe."
When we took the question to our wider team Slack channel, strong opinions immediately went flying.
Kaitlin Hatton, director of audience development: Watch whatever you want (within reason, no X-rated content!). If someone around you is uncomfortable with it, it's on them to turn away (or distract their kid). Now, will that stop me from immediately blushing and getting embarrassed when I'm watching something rated R? Not at all! But it's my right to be embarrassed in public.
Jordan Shalhoub, supervising producer: Your child is not my responsibility. Though I watched "Challengers" on a flight and did question myself for a brief moment.
Kelsey Castañon, editor-in-chief: Wait but people who watch R-rated slashers or horror movies on the main screen deserve immediate jail ❌ I did not sign up for that level of stress.
KH: As a horror movie connoisseur, y'all just shouldn't screen-creep my screen! I find them comforting!!!
Caitlin Oates, editorial operations coordinator: Oo see there's a point there about how "scary" is subjective. People have wildly different tolerances for scariness, but factually speaking, a nipple's always a nipple, y'know? But I feel like . . . if the airline has made it available on my screen, it's fair game for me to watch.
Summer Bockart, senior visuals designer: I watched "Call Me By Your Name" on a flight and the peach scene made me wish I had chosen to watch it at home alone. 💀
Read on for more travel inspo, and who knows? Maybe you, too, will soon find yourself deciding what kind of movies you can reasonably watch while sandwiched in between someone else's toddlers for seven hours. |
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