Shades of Beige

Have you seen the film? Read the books?
50 Shades of Grey. Hmmmm.
It took me 1 day to briskly read the trilogy and it was a day I cannot get back. So, needless to say I will never see the film.
What I have heard though is that my "vanilla" girlfriends enjoyed it and thought it was raunchy, exciting and thought it showed what really happens in BDSM.
Being in the lifestyle myself, I enjoyed their descriptions of the scenes and how the leading lady was submissive and mesmerized by Mr Grey. How she wanted to do things she had never tried. How he wooed her to submission with gifts and firmness.
They did ask if I thought it was an accurate representation of lifestyle. I said I hadn't seen the film. Didn't really want to burst their bubble. But, no, I would say it was a vanilla view of what societal expectations are of the BDSM community. Baby steps I suppose.
I find on-screen BDSM not an accurate representation of the depth of the emotion between the Domme and Submissive.
It is not a weak person who is submissive. It takes a strong mind and will to allow someone to dominate them.
This is often a misnomer on-screen and I resent it. As a Domme myself, if I find a submissive that is not intelligent enough to understand that they have as much mental acuity as I do, then I don't want to be with them.
Beige? Grey? I prefer my BDSM Red hot. Not what vanilla society thinks it is.
Mind you, I am pleased that BDSM is even getting to the mainstream public. Finally!