Why is America so up-tight about nudity?- Page 3
Why is America so up-tight about nudity?
#50if plushies are not wearing outfits, are they considered nude?
Posted: 12/31/06 at 5:18pmI think I need more visual examples.....
#51if plushies are not wearing outfits, are they considered nude?
Posted: 12/31/06 at 5:21pm...I'll wait.
#52if plushies are not wearing outfits, are they considered nude?
Posted: 12/31/06 at 5:29pm
Ok, I'll start.
Not a real "looker", but has he EVER worn pants?
#53nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 12/31/06 at 6:00pm
one of my favorite sculptures ... musee d'orsay, paris
#55nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 12/31/06 at 6:09pmthank you, SSW ... i only have pix of the two outside davids ...
#56nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 12/31/06 at 6:10pm
When I went to Italy I was surrounded by naked men (sculptures and paintings) and I was perfectly fine, (thoroughly enjoyed it actually) but then, I'm mostly German, so it might be different in Farmtown, Indiana.
Where and how you are raised is a big factor.
#57nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 12/31/06 at 6:51pmI've always wondered, what is David holding so dashingly over his shoulder?
#58nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 12/31/06 at 7:17pm
There are a few theories as to what it is:
1. It's part of his sling which he'll use to launch the rock he's holding in his other hand at Goliath.
2. If you look at this as AFTER he has thrown the rock, than he's probably relaxing with his sling over his shoulder, however in this case, that makes the object he's holding in his other hand less identifiable.
DiamondGirl
Stand-by Joined: 10/1/05
#58nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 12/31/06 at 7:17pmcturtle, that musee d'orsay is gorgeous! I don't think I've seen that sculpture before.
#60nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 1/1/07 at 12:27pmSomeday i'd love to see those wonderful sculptures. They look perfectly devine!!!!
#61nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 1/1/07 at 12:41pm
This is one of my absolute favorite sculptures: Canova's Cupid and Psyche:
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Sylar2
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deadparrot
Featured Actor Joined: 1/2/07
#64nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:44am
It all goes back to the Pilgrims, I think. America is extremely religious, founded on the basis of being God's chosen land. When you look at the numbers, America is much more conservative not only in terms of strictly religious matters (belief in God, church attendance) but also in social matters like abortion, GLBT rights, and capital punishment than other wealthy, developed Western nations.
Since I'm not religious (at least not in any organized sense), the notion that a flash of a nipple that lasted a nanosecond will ruin a child for life makes me want to bang my head against a wall. What gets me is that all the "outraged" parents and crusaders for moral purity continued to play the tape over and over and over for months at a time. Chances are, if a kid *did* happen to see it, it was on one of the seventy billion replays we saw in the months following the whole mess.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#65nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:17amEwan MacGregor did an interview recently where he hilariously was asked why the Brits and Europeans are more apt to show the dangle than the Americans, to which he replied, "Because American men don't have penises."
#66nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:26amEwan is great. I'm always happy to see his dangle show up time and time again, in film after film. It's really quite the beautiful dangle.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#67nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:28am
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#68nudity can be tasteful
Posted: 1/4/07 at 2:29pmSeeing a naked, thin man or woman will make overweight people jealous and start thinking less of themselves. Seeing an overweight man or woman with fat rolls will make overweight and thin people alike throw up in their mouths.
#70Nudity ruins lives....
Posted: 1/4/07 at 3:44pmWhat would "we" do without you there to protect us?
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#71Nudity ruins lives....
Posted: 1/4/07 at 3:57pm
Because Lord knows I need to hump anything walking by the moment I see an artistic nude...
So much for His granting free will and self-control and all that fun stuff.
#72nudity ruins lives....
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:11pm
because lord knows i need to hump anything walking by the moment i see an artistic nude...
hmmmmm, wanna take in a museum?
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#73nudity ruins lives....
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:14pmTake me, papa! Take me now!
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#74nudity ruins lives....
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:15pmwhy use a flyswatter when you can use a sledgehammer.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#75nudity ruins lives....
Posted: 1/4/07 at 5:30pmThis reminds me of how many people reacted to BABEL. After walking out of one of the best films of the year with some profoundly interesting things to say about human communication barriers, all people could talk about was "OMG! A 15 YR OLD BOY MASTURBIZZATED!" or "OMG! I SAW DAT JAPANESE GIRL'Z SNATCHY WATCHY!"
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