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It’s not a dirty word: Here’s the explanation of ‘sexposition’

Noted: TV critic Myles McNutt, who blogs at cultural-learnings.com, coined the term in his “Game of Thrones” reviews last year. It?s not about too much sex in TV shows, he says, but instead about sex scenes being employed as distraction while story points are crammed into the mix. “On a personal level, I wish they?d use it less often,” says McNutt, 26, a doctoral student of media and cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin, fresh off teaching undergraduates about “Jersey Shore” and “Extreme Couponing.”