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No fook it, There is no reason for a 12 year old to be naked.


it does nothing for the plot, in any of the nude scenes with the 12yo brooke shields does she have to be butt naked no. Would the movie suffer if the only nude scene was susan surandon no. You can call it art or whatever you want to say at this point.
I am not a pedo but i understand that some peoples mindsets and their justification of the fact that there are gorgeous girls under 18 beauty is beauty.
HOWEVER I AM SICK
of reading on this boards history people try to defend brooke shields being nude at the age of twelve as art.
GO FOOK YOURSELVES
Justify all you want in the two or three scenes where she is nude in this movie, you could have had the same dialogue same set same characters there is no reason why she needed to be naked.
EXPLAIN TO ME WHY A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL [b]NEEDED[\b] to be naked when her nudit does nothing for the plot could be completely omitted and the film would still be the same.
its not *beep* art.
its a rich perv and an irresponsible mother forcing an easily influenced twelve year old girl in the 70s to be naked in a film that would have just as much impact omitting the nude scenes in this.
I have jerked off to some things, and had legit justifications
But at least I am honest enough to ad it that a twelve year old being completely nud did nothing to make this film progress, nothing to make it oscar worthy, no justification really.
You would have the same fooking movie without brooke shields nude in it.
So keep trying to justify why these scenes are in this movie, because flat out this movie does not benefit from a twelve year old being nude.
SERIOUSLY
GIVE
ME
ONE
REASON
WHY
SHE
HAAAAAAAAD
TO
BE
NAKED
Just one reason why this easily influenced little girl had to be naked.
WHAT DOES HER BEING NUDE IN ANY OF THOSE THREE SCENES FURTHER ANYTHING PLOT STORY OR ENVIRONMENT WISE.
Face it, this is a pedo movie, made by a rich pedo, watched by all pedos, and justified by poor pedos.

TUB 4:20 

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Reasons for a twelve-year-old girl to be naked:

1: She's changing clothes. Yes, I suppose she could take off her underwear under her outer clothes, and then put the fresh undies on, and then take off her outer clothes, and then put the fresh outer clothes on, so that at no point is she actually naked, but really, it's better to just take everything off and then put everything on.

2: She's taking a bath. Yes, you can bathe in your swimsuit, but then part of you doesn't get clean, unless you spend a lot of time with your hands under your swimsuit, and that's even more erotically weird, now isn't it? Better to be naked in the tub or shower.

3: She's being examined by a doctor. Sometimes the parts we most keep covered still have to be examined, for health reasons.

4: She's a naturist. Some people just are, and they come in all ages and both sexes.

5: She's skinnydipping. While perhaps not a nude-as-often-as-possible naturist, some people like to swim sans swimwear, and have the opportunity to do so. Some of those people are twelve, well for a year they are.

6: She's an actress, and the part calls for legal non-sexual nudity. So she takes her clothes off and the cameras roll. The pedos fap and the pearl-clutches clutch their pearls and everybody else just watches the damn movie.


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No, I agree there is zero need for a full frontal shot. Hell, you'd only really need to see her shoulders to understand she was naked. Just because something is shocking doesn't make it artful. I know that the problem is the sexual connotations we as adults have and that if those are put aside you are simply looking at a human body and nothing more but I'd argue that given Sheilds' age, she would have had consent given for her and the image of her naked body was shown to the world and still is. Even if all these years later it doesn't bother her at all, it could have done and the bottom line would be that someone else made that decision for her. So that's something that bugs me about it. And even if the majority of people watching simply see a naked body and think no more of it, there are some who will get some sort of sick pleasure out of it and at the end of the day Shields was exposed to that despite not being old enough to make that decision for herself.

I also think it comes across as a bit desperate to shock. That particular full frontal shot really didn't add anything to the story or make any particular point that was necessary.

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100% agree with the OP. There is no reason to show a 12 year old girl's naked body in any film, including this one. They easily could have shot this movie not showing her nude body and we would have the same storyline, character, etc. They did this for shock value, no other reason.

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Get over it, it was appropriate and necessary for the plot of the movie. Grow up. Maybe you were watching this with perverted eyes, but most people accept it for what it is; an accurate period piece. Art is art, beauty is beauty. And she was beautiful.

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I agree. Thanks for sharing this.

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First , I'm not reading all that crap. Second , you're stupid.

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