American movies reflect American society, and a lack of open sexuality and eroticism is a severe problem in the United States. After the Hays Code was relaxed, Hollywood explored freedom in films like "Basic Instinct" and "Body Heat". However, with Reagan and Bush in power, public attitudes towards sex changed again.
Hollywood, No Sex Please!
The dark underbelly of American society is a culture of violence, rooted in the nation's troubled Puritan past and exacerbated by the entertainment industry's perpetuation of harmful behavior.