Shortbus
Movie • 2006 • Comedy
ReportA group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic/sexual milieu converge at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality, and loosely inspired by various underground NYC gatherings that took place in the early 2000s. Here, gay couple Jamie (PJ DeBoy) and James (Paul Dawson) meet Ceth (Jay Brannan), a young ex-model and aspiring singer.
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Abuse
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a major plot point is a stalker observing and photographing 2-3 main characters
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Reference to possible child abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
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Drugs are used periodically throughout the film
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A reference is made to a cat being c*m upon
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Are there snakes?
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Used briefly in a burlesque scene
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Bdsm themes throughout, consensual
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The film does depict many sorts of sexual situations though consensual
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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(SPOILERS) a suicide attempt involves overdose followed by a bag affixed over a character's face and attempted drowning, during which he struggles to breathe
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(SPOILERS) a suicide attempt involves overdose followed by a bag affixed over a character's face and attempted drowning, during which he struggles to breathe
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Someone gets unconscious after a suicide attempt. Not sure why so many people voted "no"
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Is someone tortured?
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Themes of BDSM are used
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Does someone cheat?
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many relationships are opened/a husband and wife go to a club and sleep with others without fully discussing it, but "cheating" is up to interpretation
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Yes, you can see the seashore during one of the last scenes of the film
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Not exactly, but we do see a man peeing in the bathtub
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Is there farting?
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(SPOILERS) no, but there is unsimulated rimming
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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(SPOILERS) there is non-monogamy that isn't explicitly discussed but is not framed as cheating
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Character awakens in hospital after failed suicide
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A suicide is attempted is made
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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(SPOILERS) There is a scene of characters inside a sensory deprivation tank partly filled with water, but it is not framed as panic-inducing or that they are trapped
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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There are multiple scenes within a dark/atomspherically lit sex club.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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aveari
No, but one attempts suicide
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Even the name of the film is ableist.
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Relationships
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it isn't a confirmed relationship but a young man kisses a much older man
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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fraisierdesbois
One of the male characters is penetrated by another man during one of the last scenes
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Lots of nudity and unsimulated (real) sex
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Does someone drown?
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The finding of a floating body triggers a series of events
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