The alluring, if somewhat frustrating, element of Game of Thrones is that just when you think you see a thread, the show proves you wrong. Whether background sex really helps us follow the intricate monologues any better is not totally clear. Sexposition has been a hallmark of the show, and supposedly forces people to pay attention to essential plot explanation through the nakedness. There’s sex, violence, jack-in-the-box moments, and gushing internal organs, which all act as a nice counter to the talkier parts. Like Shakespeare’s plays, Game of Thrones doesn’t just explore ethical, existential, and political dilemmas – it has enough lowbrow stuff to keep everyone watching. With its wry humor, lyrical dialogues, and complicated moral questions, Game of Thrones makes its audience do some serious intellectual work – a welcome activity these days. Some critics, like the author of this article, have pointed out that shows like Game of Thrones cater to the rising “mass intelligent” and have spawned a whole new genre of TV. So smart, in fact, that it can be hard to follow, but doing so is rewarding, since our brains crave the cerebral work the show has us do. And Game of Thrones is arguably one of the smartest, most nuanced shows around, in both plot and language. In a world of flat, personality-less characters on TV (mostly in the sit-com world), dramas, period pieces, and fantasies have emerged as the cerebral antidotes.
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