Make Your Way 7, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Read the article again and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Put a in the correct box. Justify your answer by quoting the first four words of the sentence in which you found the information. driven drama and not just an exploitative piece of ________________ ? The sex scene in ‘Close Relations’ was an integral part of the story, and not an added-on piece of self-conscious bound- ary breaking. And, significantly, it portrayed the woman as being in control, with the male character as rather an insignificant participant. Maybe this is the key to our increasing tolerance of small-screen sex over the years. If you look fairly closely, you can see that sisters really are doing it for themselves when it comes to televi- sion sex. Besides, ‘Close Relations’, ‘Imogen’s Face’ and ‘Real Women’ were dramas where sex played a big part but without exploitation or indecency. And each one was written by and aimed strongly, if not exclusively, at women. It is an interesting aside to notice how television sex is also divided by class. The sexual relations between working-class characters in ‘Real Women’ and ‘Playing the Field’ were shown as soulless, degrading and often brutal. Think particularly of the __________ look on the face of Michelle Collins’ character in the former, as she had sex in a back-street on her _____________ . And not with her husband-to- be. And then think of our glowing middle-class lovers in ‘Close Relations’ and ‘Imogen’s Face’. John Bowe, playing the male lead, says of Samantha Janus, playing the married mother of baby twins, “It’s as if she has been waiting for me to wake her up.” Sex in these ________________ and beaujolais dramas, particularly ________________ sex, always means something. And it takes place by candle or firelight. In working-class dramas, it frequently takes place in ________________ outdoor locations, and is dismissed as quickly as it has taken place. It is bonking and brown ale. And if anyone gropes for a packet of matches, it is to light a post-coital cigarette, not a tasteful candle. In any discussion about television sex, the question “How far can it go?” regularly comes up. Maybe the limit has already been reached. Certainly the old boundaries no longer count. smallscreen (infml.) : Fernsehen; Fernseh… postcoital: nach dem Geschlechtsverkehr true false justification 1 People used to be more relaxed about sex on TV. 2 More people complain about swearing on television than about sex. 3 Women appear to think sex on television is OK when it is an essential part of the story. 4 The screenwriters of some of the most successful TV series featuring a lot of sex scenes were female. 5 Michelle Collins played a glamorous character in Real Women . 6 “Beaujolais” and “brown ale” are used as TV shorthand for middle and working classes. 7 In modern plays, sex between the middle classes is shown as less romantic than in workingclass dramas. 156 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv