Kathy Bates Nude

"Apparently this movie made a lot of people have to clean up their couch after all the puking. You KIDS are making me laugh (and I'm 25). Payne did it on purpose, to show Bates' character's unabashed and unapologetic sexuality, no matter what her size. She wanted to be erotic around Nicholson's character (yes, fat people DO have sex, and they CAN BE sexual, just like young, thin people). What Payne also was trying to show was Nicholson's character's horrified reaction to this nature. Was she "gross" to look at? Perhaps, since Americans are saturated with an ideal form of nudity. But that wasn't the point--the point was, Nicholson was uncomfortable and she made him feel that way. And it was funny. And if you think that scene should have been cut because it "made you want to vomit", then go watch a porno instead."

EXACTLY. That's exactly how I was going to put it. I found it nasty, and I covered the nude part of her with my hand in front of my eyes, but it really did explain her character well. It wasn't about shock value at all.

No way, i did not want to see some fat 50 year old lady! give me some hot babe anytime in that tub scene but Bates... Ughhhhh.

"Warriors come out and playyy, Warriors come out to play-ayyyyyy"-Luther from "The Warriors".

...and these 3 posts that are made as a support to his message.

This is not a commercial advertisment which should make someone buy a product that usually has nothing to do with a supermodel who is more or less undressed to make people pay attention. This is a movie, this is art. Many people say movies are not art, and all they should do is entertain. There are enough movies for them, by far too many, and art is unfortunately retreating. Movies like "About Schmidt" are almost extinct type, like Capra or Ford movies which try to be commercial without betraying art. And Kathy Bates is without any doubt an actress-artist.

This movie is "R" rated, I hope not because of that scene, but because of entire atmosphere and thematics, and it has enough critics and descriptions, so people who can't handle any of this content have been warned. But it's interesting that some people who are easilly offended either don't care to read (and then find someone else guilty) or watch such a movie in spite of that, and then cry how disgusting, immoral, pervert etc. it was.

If you visit any naturist beach you'll see people of any age, size, beauty, weight etc., from almost newborn kids to people in their 80's. And I have never seen anyone showing repugnance, never heard any comment. Noone staring at anyone, for admiring a great body, or for abhoring someone less perfect. After all, what is perfect? Criteria for beauty have been changing throughout history. Today we tend to make limits to everything and ignore any possibility that someone might find beauty in anything out those prescribed standards.

Noone has to find Kathy Bates beautiful in that scene, but why denying others right to feel opposite? And, that scene was (as mentioned above and by former posters) anyway not ment to show beauty or ugliness, but a character - and it was done great.

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And Nicholson dates Lara Flynn Boyle and no one says a thing!