Abstract
Long begins this article by posing the question, 'What makes good gay porn?' His reflections lead him to suggest that images of 'good sex', 'real sex', 'hot sex' point towards ideal forms of masculinity. Employing the Platonic linkage between the good, the true and the beautiful he argues that such ideal images lead towards the divine who constitutes 'the authority of the truly ideal'. In this frame 'good porn' is not merely an escape from the present imperfection of life but a foretaste of eternal happiness in the face of its seeming impossibility.
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