Green Porno

INCIDENT:
Growing up we have all been exposed to many educational films in school and on television... think health class/sex education. There were usually full of cliches ("Stay in school!" or "Save it for marriage!"), were poorly acted, and low low budget. But that also made them pretty memorable... well the message itself was not so memorable but you get the picture.

Well, we finally have some worthwhile educational films about how insects reproduce care of the amazing Isabella Rossellini... Yes, Isabella Rossellini. These short films called Green Porno are fantastic and make science sexy. If you don't think that is possible you just need to watch a couple of these shorts. It is not really dirty, but Rossellini's Italian accent makes anything awesome.

Green Porno

MORAL:
Don't you wish that more educational films were made by the likes of Isabella Rossellini? The straightforward and matter-of-fact manner in which Rossellini presents reproduction in arthropods is refreshing... though admittedly disturbing. But perhaps it is only disturbing because of the societal climate that we are accustomed to in the United States. If we grew up on the truth and on nature being the true reality instead of the sugar-coated half-truth that is often presented as "science," perhaps the atmosphere in America for science would be different. We can only dream...