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Writer bitching about nudity on show


Article below features comments from four actresses “uncomfortable” with nude scenes being written by creator Sam Levinson.

In one case, it wasn’t even an actress. Adult film star Chloe Cherry was asked to be nude in one scene, which she said in other interviews she had no problem with, but then her male(!) co-star was uncomfortable with it so it was changed. Seriously?

The tone of the article implies Levinson is some psychotic sex fiend forcing women to strip against their will, even though in each case he simply made a suggestion about a scene and then dropped it if the actress didn’t want to be naked.

At one point the female writer asks, “it raises questions of why so much nudity was written into the script in the first place, and why the show’s stars felt like they had to approach Levinson to express their discomfort.”

Why? Because hot naked women are one of the reasons people watch this series. And nudity can add much more impact to an emotional and powerful scene. There are a lot of Oscar-winning actresses and filmmakers who feel that way.

A few comments:

1. Regardless of what social whiners tell you, female nudity is still very popular, but ever since metoo some people with way too much influence want it banned because, in their puritan opinion, it supposedly “demeans women,” though I guess the other situations they’re put in in this series don’t?

2. Stop treating any male filmmaker who includes nudity as some perverted predator.

3. Stop accusing viewers who want to see nudity as perverted predators.

4. Stop trying to convince actresses who are fine with nudity that they’re being abused or taken advantage of.

5. Finally, just shut the fuck up and stop trying to censor everything.

https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/55488/1/four-euphoria-actresses-discomfort-nudity-sam-levinson-sydney-sweeney?amp=1

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NUDITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ACTING...ANYONE WHO THINKS IT IS ESSENTIAL IS OBVIOUSLY APPROACHING THE ENTIRE SUBJECT WRONGHEADEDLY.

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It’s an adult heterosexual thing, you wouldn’t understand.

And go ask Oscar-winning directors and actresses about the power of nudity. Then tell them you feel it isn’t necessary. Watch how long they laugh at you.

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OOOH...INSINUATING I AM GAY...CLEVER AND OH SO BITING.🫤


NUDITY HEIGHTENS SOME SCENES...BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARY...IF ANYTHING IT'S A CRUTCH.


KATHARINE HEPBURN WON FOUR BEST ACTRESS OSCARS AND WAS NOMINATED 12 TIMES...HER NIPPLES AND BUSH NEVER FACTORED INTO HER WORK.

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She wasn’t allowed to be naked in those days. Thankfully. Very unattractive.

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THAT IS ANOTHER THING...YOUR IDEA OF ATTRACTIVENESS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ACTING EITHER.

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Has to do with who I — and millions of others — want to watch act naked.

Example: I’d watch Sydney Sweeney act naked all day long. But I don’t ever want to see scrawny Zendaya out of her clothes.

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YES...PORN MAKES BILLIONS...I ALSO ENJOY NAKED PEOPLE...THEY ARE IN NO WAY ESSENTIAL OR REQUIRED IN ACTUAL FILMS OR TV SHOWS THOUGH.

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Nothing is “essential.” It’s an artistic and creative decision. Here’s a good article you should read.

https://thecinemaholic.com/actresses-full-frontal-nudity/

Especially this part, “The man has forever been enchanted by the naked female body. Without any intent of sounding sexist, it is, however, a fact that female nudity is more sought after than male nudity in cinema. Some call it an objectification of women while others call it artistic freedom.”

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IT IS A BIT OF BOTH...LEANS WAY FARTHER INTO OBJECTIFICATION MOST OF THE TIME HOWEVER.

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Which is still welcome by a major portion of the audience. Male nudity appeals to a smaller portion. But studios are more interested in suppressing female nudity for political reasons than making money these days.

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YES... NUDITY CAN BE FUN...BUT IT IS NOT NEEDED...AT ALL...THEY USE NUDITY THE SAME WAY THEY USE CAMEO ROLES.

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And women dress provocatively to get a man’s attention and mate with him, because women know we men RESPOND to visual cues and get a woodie—but that also demeans the woman, I mean, the wife/mommie-to-be.

If sex doesn’t sell, with what are advertisers left? Gregorian chant?

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Good points. 👍

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FIRE HURTS YOUR SKIN...WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN IT GETS DARK....I LIKE CAKE.


HOW CAN RANDOM BITS OF INFORMATION BE GOOD POINTS?

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His comments point to why female nudity helps films.

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NO...NOT AT ALL...HE SAID LADIES GET HIM HARD/SEX SELLS...HUMANITY 101 BULLSHIT...NOT GOOD POINTS...NUDITY HELPS SELL SHITTY FILMS...NO MOVIE EVER KICKED ASS IN THE THEATER OR RAISED IT'S RATING THROUGH NUDITY...HOWEVER...NUDITY RENTED STRAIGHT TO VIDEO SCHLOCK...HELPED SELL PEOPLE ON CABLE MOVIE CHANNEL FLUFF...AND NOW PROBABLY INSPIRES GUYS TO WATCH UNHEARD OF SHIT ON STREAMING...AS FAR AS TELEVISION...NUDITY DOES HELP SELL CERTAIN SHOWS ON TV...BUT THAT'S ALL...LEADS PEOPLE WHO LIKE NUDITY TO YOUR SHOW...YOUR SHOW STILL HAS TO BE FUCKING GOOD OR YOU ARE DONE.

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So why am I rewatching The Red Shoe Diaries on Tubi right now?? 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣

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SKINEMAX NOSTALGIA OR...SOMETHING NAUGHTY I IMAGINE.🫤


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It's so bad...but I just keep watching it. Like Virgin River on Netflix. I just can't stop.

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I NEVER CAUGHT THE RED SHOES...USED TO WATCH HBO'S REAL SEX ALL THE TIME THOUGH.

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NOBODY IS MATING WITH YOU.🫤

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Neither Gregorian chant nor "God save the King" work really well with ads.

Besides sex, always 'good' are cats, dogs and little children.
Well, almost always.

Tom Selleck Can't Stand "Uggie" The Dog ☺
https://teamcoco.com/video/tom-selleck-uggie

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Don't know where you are, but I think in America we would say that anyone has the right to say what they think, even if we disagree with it.

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Yes, that is why a lot of people in US losing their jobs because they supported Palestine on social media. I think I read at least 3 or 4 such reports recently even I wasn't paying that much attention.

That is why US social media giants were censoring pro-Palestine contents.

Free speech is a right only supposed to be used by billionaires who own media platforms, not average schmucks.

I think that is why Elon Musk bought twitter, that is the only way he could have free speech.

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I doubt that many people would have watched this crap if there were no nudity in it.

Those people are bitching about the reason they had a job in the first place.

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Exactly!

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The drugs, debauchery and nudity got many in the door (including me) in the first place, by word of mouth, and most stayed because of the quality.

A show of this type requires nudity. Attempting to depict what they are depicting here without showing explicit nudity would result in (just like that scene where the drug dealers make everyone strip and Zendaya clearly has a no-nudity clause and shows nothing) something that is jarring and detracts from the end product.

It sounds like some here want to watch a show about teenage sex and drugs, but also want to be treated like children. Seriously, pick a fucking lane.

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There was plenty of unnecessary nudity, especially full frontal male nudity in almost all episodes, but no full frontal female nudity at all. There was no reason to show us private parts in close up shots in the locker room.
Many actors feel browbeaten into doing nudity out of fear of losing out on an opportunity or of being blackballed.

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