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Lust, Caution | DVD | Don't copy...the sex scenes, warn Chinese docs

Posted by Tamiko, March 25, 2008 1:49 AM |

lust_500big.jpgNow that Lust, Caution was released on DVD last month, there may be more adventuresome folks out there hoping to use it as a sort of The Joy of -- Acrobatic -- Sex tool.

Unless you heed the advice of Chinese doctors who have warned how unhealthy it is to attempt some of the acrobatic sexual positions shown in steamy scenes between Lust, Caution actors Tang Wei and Tony Leung Chiu Wai.

"Most of the sexual manoeuvres in Lust, Caution are in abnormal body positions," said Yu Zao, a deputy director at a women's hospital in Guangdong. "Only women with comparatively flexible bodies that have gymnastics or yoga experience are able to perform them. For average people to blindly copy them could lead to unnecessary physical harm."

Of course, lately, the boom in yoga has made people more limber, so, go ahead, test it out. The emergency room has seen everything anyways...

Sourced: CBC Arts | Tang Wei was blacklisted by the Chinese government for her role in Lust, Caution. Government bureaucrats were upset over the way the movie was "beautifying Japanese collaborators." (more)

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