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On the Beach is a genuinely funny film. It includes nudity and sex, but its appeal seems
much like the appeal of a dirty joke. It offers a humorous approach to sex rather than a clinical
description of sexual activity. In many early films, the joke was more important than the
graphic sex. A film called The Pickup, made in the early 20s, tells the story of a man
who drives a girl ten miles out in the country, parks the car, and gives her the classic choice