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Erotica hues beat COVID blues
Updated On: 12 July, 2020 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Aastha Atray Banan
"Stories about sex on Zoom, sexy microfiction on Instagram and anonymous yet trending erotica podcasts are proving that the pandemic has given a boost to erotic pop culture"

A still from 365 Days, which has been trending on Netflix
If the name Michele Morrone gives you weak knees, you have watched 365 Days on Netflix. Despite a Rotten Tomatoes rating of zero per cent, the erotic thriller is a viral hit and is among the top 10 most viewed movies on the streaming platform across India, Australia, Brazil, Spain and the US. It's about a Sicilian Mafia boss Massimo (the very hot Italian actor, Morrone) who kidnaps Laura (Polish newcomer Anna-Maria Sieklucka) and gives her one year to fall in love with him before he will let her go. Very Mills and Boon-ish in both plot and erotic scenes. Based on the best-selling trilogy of Polish novels by Blanka Lipinska, 365 Days is being called "travel porn"—a mix of wealth porn and soft-core actual porn—and, as the New York Times (no less) said, is "apparently an appealing combination in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis when many viewers have been at home for months on end".
Mumbai-based lawyer Shivani Sharma, who saw it recently, says, she watched it for the sexy parts, as the rest is just drivel. "I watched it for the same reason people watch porn". And the film, which released a month ago, continues to rank second in India, says Netflix.
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