Editing Mutoscope (section)

==Usage==
Mutoscopes were a popular feature of [[penny arcade (venue)|amusement arcades]] and [[Pier#Pleasure piers|pleasure piers]] in the UK until the introduction of [[decimalisation|decimal coinage]] in 1971.  The coin mechanisms were difficult to convert, and many machines were subsequently destroyed. Some were exported to Denmark where pornography had recently been legalised. The typical arcade installation included multiple machines offering a mixture of fare. Both in the early days and during the revival, that mixture usually included "girlie" reels which ran the gamut from risqué to outright soft-core pornography. It was common for these reels to have suggestive titles that implied more than the reel actually delivered. The title of one such reel, ''[[What the Butler Saw (mutoscope)|What the Butler Saw]]'', became a by-word, and Mutoscopes are commonly known in the UK as "What-the-Butler-Saw machines." (What the butler saw, presumably through a keyhole, was a woman partially disrobing.)