ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə ɹᵻvjˈuːɚ dʒˈɪl kɹˈæmənd wˈɪkæm ɪn pˈoʊɪts kwˈɔːɹɾɚli, sˌɪnɪsˈɛkʃuːˈælᵻɾi kæn ɛksplˈeɪn nˌɑːt ˈoʊnli wˌaɪ fˈɪlm ˈɔːdiənsᵻz fˈiːl sˈʌtʃ ɐ stɹˈɔŋ dɪzˈaɪɚ fɔːɹ wʌt ðeɪ sˈiː ˌɔn skɹˈiːn, bˌʌt wˈaɪ "ˌaʊɚ kˈʌltʃɚɹ ɪz sˌoʊ əbsˈɛst wɪð mˈuːvi stˈɑːɹz.
According to reviewer Jill Crammond Wickham in Poets Quarterly, cinesexuality can explain not only why film audiences feel such a strong desire for what they see on screen, but why "our culture is so obsessed with movie stars.