The explicit matter of "America America" is social and economic class.
The choice of an orthogonal carrier or a nonorthogonal carrier, which looks like the main difference between these two types of protocols, is not an important, even not a very explicit matter.
If you're not attracted to that, and want an explicit subject matter and message – which people often do today – these paintings are probably too subtle, ungiving.
The reaction to Shame, with its copious nudity, untrammelled rawness and explicit subject matter helped to modify, if not entirely destroy, Mulligan's wholesome image – she has described herself as "baby-faced".
Despite their explicit subject matter, the novels tended to include ham-fisted moral lessons about the dangers of the homosexual lifestyle; in this way, publishers could claim that the books served a public service beyond mere titillation.
"The Book of Mormon" made a point of uninviting us after I'd expressed interest in attending, given the crude language and explicit subject matter of the show about Mormon missionaries.
Ironically, The Price of Salt is one of the rare occasions when Highsmith's fiction indulges the desire for poetic justice so beloved of Hollywood producers - but, given its explicit subject matter and its leading female roles, it is probably the least likely of Highsmith's novels to be adapted for big-screen presentation.
"I think what they have done is amazing," said Bentley, who was in Madrid recently to see the play based on a book whose explicit subject matter – centred on her experiences with anal sex – meant she once quipped it would only ever make it on to the most 'off' of stages.
It is to this end that we further trace the learning path of self-consciousness through the processes of reason (in Chapter 5) before objective spirit can become the explicit subject matter of Chapter 6 (Spirit).
And then there's the film's explicit subject matter.
Namwali Serpell, an English professor at the University of California, Berkeley, offers one content warning on the class syllabus: "Please be advised that all readings and screenings in the course are required; some texts include graphic violence and sexually explicit subject matter".
