Dictionary definition of “raincoat crowd”

raincoat crowd

n. an audience (of a film) mainly interested in prurient content. Subjects: English, Entertainment, Movies, Slang

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Citations: 1975 Los Angeles Times (Feb. 4) “Linda and Georgina” (in Dallas, Texas): It’s a popcorn and Pepsi kind of movie house.…Somehow I don’t think the raincoat crowd is going to fully appreciate the Granada. 1980 Alison O'Neill Washington Post (July 17) “Mensa—Those Lusty, Zestful, Devilish Brains”: In defense of unique Mensa activities such as the dirty adult movie group, Hume said members who attend have “no prurient interest,” they’re “not the raincoat crowd.” 1986 Georgia Dullea New York Times (Oct. 6) “X-Rated ‘Couples Films’ Finding A New Market”: One thing that distinguishes couples films from those made for “the raincoat crowd,” as Mr. Fishbein put it, is more plot, more characterization and thus more motivation for sex. 1987 The Raincoat Crowd: (porn movie title) 1991 Robert Stoller Porn : Myths for the Twentieth Century (Oct. 23) p. 128 @ (July 28, 1993): Back in the days when these producers were forming this formula, the biggest audience was the raincoat crowd [isolated men masturbating under their coats]. They were catering to the gentlemen who went to adult theaters. 1995 Raincoat Crowd (July): (porn movie title) 2005 Elf M. Sternberg MegaZone’s Safety Valve (Worcester, Massachusetts) (Mar. 12) “Herbie: Fully Loaded”: Hey, it’s got Lindsay Lohan in it. Something for the raincoat crowd! 2005 [MisterWhite] Bondage.com (Mar. 28) “In my salad days…”: So here she is, a single, attractive woman with all these members of the raincoat crowd, being grilled by the local cops. 2006 Joseph P. Kahn @ Somerville Boston Globe (June 10) “Glam slam”: We’re not aiming at the fetish set, or what I call the “raincoat crowd.”…We want our competition to be based on talent, not body image.

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