Adult Theaters In Colombo
Poster for The Key
Colombo is full of adult film theaters. We went to one on a lark. The Olympia is just under an overpass at the end of Darley Road. It’s a large theatre, mostly empty. They were showing “The Key”, advertised with three completely unrelated posters and a bit of boob. Normally only the names are postered around town, “I Love You Julie”, “Love Story 2010″, “The Nurse”, etc. I’ve always seen the ads but never went. So we went. It was just as funny as I thought it would be. We actually laughed so much that some patrons left after 15 minutes, though perhaps that’s normal.
The films are softcore porn, a lot of fake boob and innuendo but not porn per se. What’s the most funny is that the American film was dubbed into Indian english, so you get lines like “I have a surprise for you, but you have to promise not to escream.” The men sound like Indian johnnies (yar) and the women sound like Chennai schoolmarms. The sex sounds sound like they are filmed by scuba divers, it’s all heavy breathing to the point of asphyxiation.
The soundtrack is perhaps the best. The recurring motif (the emotional center of the film, really) was ‘What A Wonderful World’. At times this was supplemented with the theme songs from Cheers, Superman and, for the finale, Star Trek. Then there was, of course, the roving bass line.
I won’t get into the plot too much (housesitting gone orgiastic), but the editing was very post-modern. That is, seemingly random. Scenes appeared edited and then put together in the wrong order. For example, at one point the film actually ended. Everything was resolved and the camera panned out on a statue of a Chinese king. Then the reel jumped back about 15 minutes and showed a conflict scene that had already been resolved, then abruptly ended. The credits rolled (in Chinese and English) for Martial Arts Coordinator, Dance Choreographer and Art Directors. Aside from a brief striptease scene, the film had none of the above. Quite surreal. Modern art really.
Sometimes I wonder if this type of film colors roadside perceptions of women, white women in particular. In these films they’re always readily available and signal availability basically by the clothing. All they seem to require is a lecherous approach and then they melt. I don’t know if it’s the way they cut it, but the scenes go from flirting to sex (pantomimed) in about 2 seconds. However, we went to the show with three girls and encountered no problems or lechery, only hilarity. As a kitsch experience it’s priceless, though I wonder who goes to these films seriously. We certainly have enough theaters.
I resent the scuba diving analogy somewhat. We don’t really breath heavily.
For the full flavour of the place you need to go to the schoolboy shows at 10.30. Also a profile of the patrons would be quite interesting.
Ticket prices in relation to those for mainstream cinema would also be useful.
I think you need to visit a few more, The Central In Maradana, the Rio in Slave Island and the Ruby Maligawatte are the old theatres that specialise in this genre. There is a new one next door to the Lake House Bookshop (opposite the Cinnamon Lake) that you need to check. There is also another cinema in Dematagoda whose name escapes me that used to do a few shows.
hmm… JP seems to know a lot…
I guess tht answers Indi’s question.. hic hic.. :P
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Lol! I always wondered exactly what sorta things they showed in those dodgy theatres.
The problem with these theaters is that most of them who frequent these movies are from lower socio economic strata and they go home and expect their poor conventional wives to do the same things that they see on the screen and the mental anguish and humiliation that the women go through is really a big issue.
^^ How do you know what you say is true.
Is that the size of the screen? I always wondered what those theatres look like inside. If you go to any more do take some pics. Wonder how they even manage to keep themselves afloat. As those halls are quite old, I imagine they were once “grandiose” in SL terms, until bigger and better technology came along and these fell by the wayside.
I didn’t understand from your post- are the films real ones made in the west, or are they just cut and paste bits from random films?
I Think they are films made in the West but but perhaps messed up in the process or censoring here.
There are also pirate versions of films from China and HK which may be what is being shown here.
Progressive land I guess! Where are those priests who wiggle their ..ck at everything and make beer so expensive on poya days! Did they ever protest? I guess not.
Shhh don’t get them started, OK?
Long time ago, I remember watching “Strictly Ballroom” at this hall. that was a nice one. And Central used to play action films like MAD MAX and Horror (Friday 13th) . Guess now they have only soft porn.
DVD/VCD players are common enough in Sri Lanka, That said most of the population does not have access to watching a dvd/vcd in privacy of their own rooms. Thats why there is a clientele for this type of movies.
In my youth (70′s) the biggest patrons were schoolboys, specially for the movies at the Rio at 10:30 am during school time. That was before there was even a TV in the country.
Sri Lankans need some serious gym time, not this porno crap. That includes the women.
Americans should not be preaching about the need for ‘gym time’
Generalizations.
Have you considered the fact that most Sri Lankans are quite poor and that they cannot afford a balanced nourishing diet full of meat and veggies let alone get a gym membership?
The diet is full of cheap carbs like rice and yams and this is not out of choice but out of necessity. I myself have switched to a low carb diet at a huge cost. A gym membership is a luxury and in Sri Lanka where the cost of living is quite high burning a couple of Gs on a personal trainer, a nutritionist and a gym membership would mean that you (and your children) would have to go hungry for the next couple of months. Believe you me a gym membership is the last thing on the mind of an average citizen on the streets of Sri Lanka :)
You really have no clue sir and thus should refrain from making such statements. Talk about what you know instead of coming off as a total dick.
You sir, are an ignorant human being.
http://rpmedia.ask.com/ts?u=/wikipedia/en/5/52/Mrs._Shiranthi_Rajapaksa.jpg
Any questions?
typical response from you.
but i think you should read this.
http://www.stop-childhood-obesity.com/childhood-obesity-statistics.html
Try breaking down your stats into different ethnic groups. Certain ethnic groups in the USA experience significantly higher levels of obesity than others. On other hand, a lot of people in SL look like they’re either malnourished or have their permanent residence at Wendy’s.
erm so what’s your point.
If you compare certain (ethnic segments) of the US population with certain (ethnic segments) of the SL population, you’ll find that the obesity rate in SL is higher on average.
How can you not become obese when a majority of Silly Lunkets eat huge plates of rice 3 times a day? Eating rice 3 times a day is ok if you exert yourself…but it will definitely make you a fat lethargic slob if your the kind who sits in front of a computer or behind a desk. I have seen plenty of people in my old office who fall asleep after lunch. Too much starch!
Heshan how about you come out and tell us which ethnic segment you think is more obese than Americans. I’d like some statistics to back this up.
Duncie, sri lankans don’t eat nearly as much as americans. Their portions are relatively much larger than ours and their small soda cups are roughly the size of large soda you get here.
Dodo Dude…the whole of Silly Lunket isn’t confined to Colombo, Hikkaduwa and Nuwara Eliya. Though I studied and work in Colombo…I live just outside Colombo and I have seen how our Sinhala 3 brain celled idiots load their plates with rice. Maybe Colomboians are more figure conscious but just go and take a look at some of the overweight men and women living outside Colombo, and I’m sure you will find that most or all of them eat three meals of rice a day. Some of my Sinhala friends who live where i live are surprised when they hear that I eat rice only in the afternoons. Like Heshan said there are lots of either overweight or scrawny people living in Silly Lunket
I think anyone who’s been to North America won’t be in any doubt that they have the largest percentage of overweight people of any population.
Even the Australians agree :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xozyBGLMvD0
Dunce has it right. A lot of SL people are eating three plates of white rice three times a day, with loads of oily curries, and then they do minimal exercise. White rice isn’t exactly “6-pack” food; the heavy amount of starch accumulates in your belly, which is why you find so many older SL dudes with pot bellies. I suspect that the other segment of the SL population I’ve personally noticed to be massively overweight – women over 35 – are fat for a similar reason. Usually if you cook the food, you indulge in it. The stomach rolls you see come directly from the white rice and other greasy crap.
http://www.un.lk/un_team_in_SL/pdf/1023.pdf
look at page 25. obesity in SL is below 5%.
I guess his point is that Sri Lankan women are unattractive?
Sour grapes? or in hindsight? :D haha
???? ?? ???????? ??????? and what is “Wendy’s” ah?
?? ?? obscure American references ???????? ????
Lol man. so what? they are all Americans aren’t they? and even in america it’s not ethnicity that is strongly correlated to being fat it’s income. the upper middle class over there isn’t fat, which happens to be white & asian.
Contradicted yourself in the last line there.
eh!
Heshan is insinuating that there are more obese African Americans and Native Americans than whites.
“Certain ethnic groups” is a polite (white) euphemism for blacks and the reds :)
Yes theres a strong correlation between girth and income.
Don’t let inconvenient facts get in the way of your theories, Heshan; after all you’ve never let facts stop you from believing that Hitler won WW2, that the Americans won the Vietnam War, that N Korea isn’t a member of the UN, that Ranil W wasn’t elected to parliament, or that German Jews created and used the atom bomb against Japan. Lol.
You can keep misquoting and quoting out of context; didn’t Dushy Ranatugne claim you’re mentally unstable? Out of compassion for the mentally handicapped, I will refrain from responding to your post.
I like some of your adverts, but some of them expose your mental instability. Perhaps the army screwed up your mind and your life.
- Dushy R.
http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/10/post_581.html
Yeah, Dushy’s a sore loser :D
I’ve given links so everyone can see the context.
Well Black & Decker was first a sniper in the “zero casualties” army. Then he got cold feet or whatever and got into advertising. And now he is a government sycophant and an armed forces apologist…what next?
Will Black & Decker be appointed:
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4. Secretary of State to the Khyber Pass?
5. Special Representative to the Gaza Strip.
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7. Secretary General of Siberia?
8. Viceroy to the Christmas Islands?
9. Secretary to the Defence Secretaries Secretary?
10. Governor of Wooly Mooly Why Call?
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12. Chief Minister of Nerdy Cuddle?
13. Sheriff of Mool of Thieves Jungle?
14. Minister of Nation Building & Commissions Pocketing?
15. Deputy Minister of Inland Fisheries & Ornamental Fish?
16. Minister of Bus Halts & Pavement Construction?
17. Advisor to the PresiDunce’s Chief Advisor?
18. Chief of Staff to the Ministry of Peace?
19. Advisor to the PresiDunce on Astrology, Asteriods and UFOs? (Unidentified Four wheeled Objects)
20. Minister of International Conspiracies?
21. Ministry of Zero Casualties and Satellite Images?
22. Deputy Minister for Swine Flu & Dengue Mosquitoes?
23. Government Spokesman for Lies, Damned Lies & Central Bank Statistics?
24. Minister for Welfare of Journalists & Media Personnel?
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Guess the correct answer and win:
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He can be in charge of tin shack accommodations for the up-coming Humbug-tota Games:
http://www.ft.lk/2011/05/11/hambantota-makes-crucial-pitch-for-commonwealth-games-today-in-kl/
Although I doubt his Commie butt-buddy in Geneva will make an appearance. Crowds are not his thing,ever since he was given a good beating by JR supporters.
Mervyn has already made security arrangements:
http://www.newsnow.lk/top-story/merv-trains-suicide-team
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Hes insinuating that your stats don’t necessarily reflect that a larger proportion of African Americans are more obese than their white counterparts.
“Certain ethnic groups” is a polite (white) euphemism for the blacks and the reds :)
of course i knew what he was insinuating.
Repeated post. Sorry. I made the comment it wasn’t there so I made it again and hey presto I see both comments :P
Ahh Prav, your 6th sense is working overtime. Else you’re just one sharp bugger. But yes, that’s what a bad diet ultimately leads to: a population full of unattractive women. Not to be racist, but I’ve observed the same thing with black women in the States. The worst part is how they stuff their pre-adolescent kids with junk from an early age, so that the kids pretty much pick up similar eating habits via osmosis. Luckily, SL women outside of SL are a few notches above their counterparts at home. This, however, I would attribute more to the fact that out here, society is more image conscious. You don’t turn the TV on, and see a fat minister giving a propaganda speech. Also, women have a little more flexibility here, in terms of what they choose to wear. Male gawking is a non-issue.
heshan there maybe more obese african americans but the percentage of white obese people stand at 23.7% way over the percentage of obese people in this country which is less than 5%.
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsObesityAdults/
so once again despite your vigours hand waving amounts to nothing.
Haha, 23.7% of white American people aren’t obese. If they were, labor productivity would be rather low, don’t you think? Try observing an obese person; just walking down a hallway is a huff and puff affair (forget operating heavy machinery). What you’re saying is that almost 1 in every 4 white Americans is obese, which doesn’t quite make sense. Maybe you even overweight. Obesity assumes you’re overweight, but being overweight doesn’t assume you’re obese. While < 5% of Sri Lankans may be obese, the % that are overweight is probably a lot higher.
*Maybe you mean overweight
sorry heshan, note the .gov domain name.
but if you don’t believe that. here’s a better source.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/303/3/235/T2.large.jpg
percentage of obese white 29%
percentage of overweight white 65%
percentage of overweight people in SL 20%
http://www.un.lk/un_team_in_SL/pdf/1023.pdf
page 26
You’re forgetting one very important point:
Population of USA (2011): 310.5 million
Population of SL (2011): 21,283,913
In other words, the population of the USA is about 14 times the population of SL. You really will have to narrow your sample size down if you want to make an accurate comparison.
“narrow your sample size down” ?
Actually our ancestors who originated in eastern Europe and migrated to North India across the Khyber pass are supposed to have a genetic tendency to be pear shaped, the reason being that meals were few and far apart on the long trek, and those who survived the journey were the ones who were able to store more fat deposits whenever food was available.
That’s very interesting. Storing fat deposits would explain why the fat tends to get concentrated around the waist in a lot of SL people. How would you explain the genetic predisposition towards a somewhat lower height – SL people tend to be between 5’5″ and 5’7″. Climate maybe?
Obviously lifestyle and diet must be the main factors contributing to obesity anywhere, but they’re not the only ones, that’s what I meant.
Genes define the basic body shape, height must be a result of a combination of genes, nutrition and lifestyle.
He can be in charge of tin shack accommodations for the upcoming Humbug-tota Games:
http://www.ft.lk/2011/05/11/hambantota-makes-crucial-pitch-for-commonwealth-games-today-in-kl/
Although I doubt his Commie butt-buddy in Geneva will make an appearance. Crowds are not his thing,ever since he was given a good beating by JR supporters.
Mervyn has already made security arrangements:
http://www.newsnow.lk/top-story/merv-trains-suicide-team
narrow your sample size down?
That’s why you look at percentages, not numbers, Professor Dimwit.
Try comparing 21,055,374 Sri Lankans to 21,055,374 white Americans. Otherwise you’re comparing 21,055,374 Sri Lankans to 233,250,000 white Americans (75% of 311). You’ll also have to break down the numbers into adults over 20.
Heshan, the american study is saying if you were to take 21mn white americans at random the result would be the same. that’s how statistics work.
and yes both studies looked at adults.
The problem is that you’re looking at both the North and the South simultaneously. Obesity is much higher in the South than the North. Similarly, I’m willing to bet obesity is much higher in the South of SL than the North. Why don’t you try comparing the obesity rates for Southern SL to the Southern USA? And Northern SL to Northern USA. Then you’ll have a more meaningful comparison.
Keep at it, prof. Why don’t you suggest we compare the Orthodox Jews of Manhattan to SL, or the Mormon lesbians or the black KKK members? I mean, try ANYthing to distract from the fact that Americans have a high percentage of obesity than Sri Lankans. There has to be a way, lol. There is nothing meaningful in any of it, but Jesus, who gives a fuck right, as long as you don’t have to fall silent and admit defeat on this blog too?
Maybe Heshan has discovered a new technique in statistical analysis that n0 one else knows about?
If you’re looking at the average taken from the entire population, then the disparity in sample size doesn’t matter. But once you start breaking it down region by region, then there may be broad disparities from the mean. The study does not claim that 29% of whites in every state are obese.
now where was that goal post again.
it’ll be a revelation shammi. BTW you missed two very exciting weeks at this blog.
Oh Dodo, you noticed? How sweet ! But I was ringside all the time. Preferred to just listen in awe to all those Ivy Leaguers, experts, lawyers, professors etc. and the inimitable David Blacker, and I even noticed your little private amusement, and think I know what it means.
Since you’re unwilling to take up the challenge:
Study setting: Colombo district is the commercial capital of Sri Lanka which presents a mixed
picture of an area experiencing rapid and deep-seated demographic and social changes.
Study population: A sample of 1400 males and females of the age range of (20-64) years was
selected. Being a resident of Colombo for a continued period of not less than one year ensured
his/ her lifestyle to be well established related to their residence in the area. Those with
pathological or iatrogenic conditions of obesity were excluded.
Results and Discussion: Response rate of the study sample was 96.3%. It had a higher proportion
of males and a median age of 38.9 years. The majority consisted of Sinhala-Buddhists (84%)
resident in urban areas (55%). Overall prevalence of abdominal obesity was 34.9 per 100 persons
(95% CI=32.5-37.4). Corresponding rates of overweight and generalized obesity were 49 % (95%
CI=46.4-51.6) and 32.2 % (95% CI=29.8-34.7), respectively. Of the total, 32% had both types of
obesity while 48% subjects had neither.
http://iussp2005.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=51592
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So we if go by the data you provided earlier (29% of all white Americans are obese), the average person in Colombo is 5 times more likely to be obese than the average white American .
Now where did that goalpost go…? : )
Coach Heshan has actually lost his own goalpost now lol.
Not really. If you did took a random sample of 21 million people in the USA from just the north, the obesity rate would not be 29%, contrary to the claims of Dodo.
You can see this in the state-by-state data here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States. Most northern states don’t even have an obesity rate of 27%.
But the entire population of Sri Lanka is very close to 21 million.
That’s what I meant by “equal sample size” – its implied that you’ll be doing a regional comparison.
When you say ” from just the north” you’re being selective, arent you? How can you call that a random sample? I cant be bothered looking at the data, and I dont even know how these things are usually done, but common tellsme that in order to get a general rate of 27%, other areas would have to compensate with even higher rates, right?
What’s wrong with looking at the general picture anyway?
* common sense
Because to say 29% are obese is misleading. For the entire USA, the number is closer to 25%. The extra 4% comes from 5 or 6 states within a specific region. The same thing goes with SL. If you took away the North, the obesity rate for SL would simply soar.
Quoting from Dodo’s stats
percentage of overweight white 65%
percentage of overweight people in SL 20%
Still quite a large gap to bridge., no?
65% is not accurate. It would mean every 65 out of 100 white people is overweight. Simple random picture:
http://www.treehugger.com/20090318-crowd-new-york-city.jpg
Look at your other statistic – 20%. Every 20 out of 100 persons in SL is overweight – now that is more believable.
heshan’s random pic vs peer reviewed medical journal.
this is a tough one
And yet it still remains that people in Colombo are 5 times more overweight than the average American.
A peer-reviewed fact.
In the USA case, they must have a very rigid definition of overweight, for 65% to hold. You wouldn’t be able to tell by looking that the person is overweight, unless the person is obese (which is an extreme case). Here’s a very good example:
http://poponthepop.com/gallery/britney-spears-pale-and-overweight/
But by this logic (aka standard), the number of overweight people in SL should be way higher.
Very scientific measurement that, Britney Spears’ mood swings and weight fluctuations! I’m sure the people who did these surveys relied on some dull old standard like BMI to determine who was overweight or not. But do go on, you open up some interesting vistas.
You must have missed the caption, my government school friend: it’s a picture of an overweight Britney Spears. You can always tell when a person is obese, but it’s not the case with someone who’s overweight. So being overweight is not necessarily a serious thing: it could be a few pounds overweight, it could be many pounds overweight, it could be easy to spot, or it could be impossible to tell from just looking .
It’s impossible to gauge from just looking at pictures of popstars or treehuggers. Exactly my point. Britney in that pic would appear overweight only to some anorexic gossip columnist. On the other hand the survey would have relied on some scientific method of measuring this.But your way is much more fun of course.
Government school?
So you think it’s realistic to compare a specific group of Sri Lankans to the entire US. Lol.
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