Plenty of art serves as a counterpoint to play, which is to explore, teach, communicate or reinforce concepts in a safer manner than doing it for real. On occasion can even make a nice feedback loop for harder science or drag others into it.
That is surely a matter of perception. Some consider Shakespeare high art but if you actually read it then it is bawdy as you like, or maybe https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1300763/Just-saucy-The-bawdy-seaside-postcards-censors-banned-50-years-ago.html . It might also be the art of the persons and culture making it.
There is a reason it is often called the daily wail, daily heil, daily fail or have songs like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI