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I seriously doubt it. I myself have a DD chest and in high school I weighed 96 pounds on a 5'6" frame. You cannot wear a 00 top even if you're ematiated. You wear a small or medium.

I think they hired strip club dancers or actors that play strippers that are very thin. This is often done if you have overweight, underweight or short main actors.


Most strippers aren't that thin. Thin isn't really pleasing to men so I would imagine they hired extremely thin dancers so that the ballerinas look normal.

The Human Trafficking seems maybe a bit far fetched because of the party on the yacht. I would think that's too much exposure for the trafficker. I've read a lot about trafficking and they hide in the shadows for the most part. Also, for someone who owns a strip club in Manhattan making that much money leagally it seems unlikely that they would mess with something as illegal as Human Trafficking. But, you never know how greedy these people are.

I am not a "ballet insider", but I do know a little about the ballet world and I did study ballet for awhile as a youngster. In my view, the behavior of many of the ballet characters of this series was not so much unrealistic as (highly) exaggerated depictions of the competitiveness that exists among dancers, as well as the mania of company leaders. I think what we see of the ballet world in "Flesh and Bone" may exist in a much more subtle form in real life - the negative undercurrents of the ballet world generally aren't nearly as out in the open or as blatant as they are on the show. I guess this is pretty common in show business - people take what exists in a more muted form in real life and exaggerate it for the screen.

I think the catty, cut-throat behavior among real-life dancers was worse in past decades - more on par with "Flesh and Bone" than what exists today. I've read where Wendy Whelan (former New York City Ballet principal dancer) has referred to being the victim of other ballerinas' nasty behavior earlier in her career. And I think other dancers such as Gelsey Kirkland have alluded to the antagonism and "bitchiness" that can occur among dancers. It also hasn't been unheard of for artistic directors and choreographers to be egotistical, harsh, and (borderline) abusive. I just think that - since the "P.C. Movement" of the '90s - people have learned to tone down that behavior. Few people these days want to get a "reputation" for being an *beep* (even if they secretly hate their rivals).

And then there's Russia. From some things that I've read, "political correctness" has not yet come to Russia - or at least it hasn't graced the ballet companies there! I think you see a lot more of "Flesh and Bone"-type scenarios in the Russian ballet world.

There are literally umpteen articles that have recently circulated in which Sarah's bra size is given - and in which Sarah freely discusses the issues she's had with her breast size. I didn't seek out this information specifically - but when I wanted to know a little more about the show, or the lead actress, these are the articles that came up. Since launlori was discussing the builds of real-life strippers - and how the bodies of ballet dancers generally don't conform to those standards, etc. - I saw relevancy (and some irony) to those articles/interviews I had recently read regarding Ms. Hay, and the frequent mentions those articles made of her breast size.

These are the meanderings that (internet) conversations often take. People often discuss various aspects of these shows on these messageboards - from the mundane and trivial, to the esoteric. Just because people may get caught up in discussing certain details doesn't mean that they don't appreciate or didn't enjoy the show in general. I think the very reason I'm here is because I became a bit hooked on the show during its 8-week run.

Yes, I enjoyed this show - but I thought that launlori made an interesting and valid point, and I guess I felt compelled to acknowledge that. I think that calling her "scary" for making a straightforward observation about an industry of which she has knowledge and/or experience is uncalled for.

So the media and Ms. Hay herself can make her breast size a topic of discussion, and the show can venture into plotlines in which one's breast size can be a significant issue - but the audience is never allowed to discuss what they read or see if it pertains to this issue - or risk being labeled as "creepy". The irony of declaring this thread "creepy" - when the show itself was often quite creepy. Creepy shows may spawn creepy threads.