In the movie Shortbus, there is a lot of sex and a lot of very uncomfortable moments for the viewers.
I found myself cringing in my seat thinking of how inappropriate the scenes that I
was watching were. However, there is a deeper message to the movie...a message that is deeper
than seeing a lot of naked people running around having sex. This movie is all about being open
to new ideas and different groups of people, and it uses sex and sexual identity as a means
to convey this message. Throughout the movie, the electricity in the city keeps going off and on.
It is constantly flickering and not offering enough light to live in. This "electricity problem"
coincides and is parallel with Sophie's , as well as James' and Jamie's, search for freedom and liberation in their sex life. It is not until the end of the movie, when all three of them come to the realization
that it is okay to experiment and try new things sexually in order to fulfill their happiness, that all of the electricity comes back on. Sophie, James, and Jamie are finally able to see the light. In other words, people are going to be blind in life by limiting the world around them and limiting other people. They will not be able to truly "see" unless they are open and not judgmental towards the world around them. People should find freedom in the world that they live in, and they should not be limited by judgments. Once Sophie, James, and Jamie realize this, it is only then that the electricity turns back on and illuminates the life around them.
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