Nudity - the actor's POV
Mon, 28 Aug 2000, 07:55 pmWalter Plinge37 posts in thread
Nudity - the actor's POV
Mon, 28 Aug 2000, 07:55 pmPurely as a hypothetical question (at this stage, anyway): how do the actors out there in community theatre feel about nudity?
Would you do it? If so, under what circumstances? If not, please give reasons.
I'm talking serious nudity here; not "underwear nudity", but actual nudity: full frontal, topless, etc.
Would it be unreasonable of a director to ask a large portion (if not all) of their cast to appear fully nude, for instance in plays like "Hair", or "Steaming"?
And would be unreasonable of a director to apply for a season with a local group with a play or production that will require nudity to work effectively? Could he/she find a cast?
I open the topic for discussion....
D.M.
Would you do it? If so, under what circumstances? If not, please give reasons.
I'm talking serious nudity here; not "underwear nudity", but actual nudity: full frontal, topless, etc.
Would it be unreasonable of a director to ask a large portion (if not all) of their cast to appear fully nude, for instance in plays like "Hair", or "Steaming"?
And would be unreasonable of a director to apply for a season with a local group with a play or production that will require nudity to work effectively? Could he/she find a cast?
I open the topic for discussion....
D.M.
RE: Nudity - the actor's POV
Thu, 31 Aug 2000, 04:33 pmWalter Plinge
David,
I just wanted to clear up a couple of points!
You wrote: Frankly, and with all due respect, I think you, and Gill, and the countless others out there who object to nudity...
Please tell me where I wrote that I objected to nudity?
You wrote (cont): ...and who use all of the standard arguments to try and justify the stance, are simply justifying - after the fact - a fundamental personal discomfort (whether moral, political, or in terms of body-image issues) with the idea of public nakedness.
I do not have to justify my decision to not want to go naked on stage. It is simply my decision and it does not make me a lesser person than you, just a different one.
You wrote (cont): All of these (frankly, spurious) artistic arguments are so much false front.
No David. They are just my opinions.
You wrote: When Alan and Jill strip off to have sex at the end of "Equus", you think "exploitation"...
Do I? Where did I say that?
You wrote: I'm not in the slightest bit concerned with external socio-political agenda when I stage or perform a nude scene...
And I am not the slightest bit concerned with external socio-political agenda when I say that I have no interest in going starkers on stage but I am quite happy for anyone who is interested in doing so, to do so whenever they like.
Cheers,
Gill
I just wanted to clear up a couple of points!
You wrote: Frankly, and with all due respect, I think you, and Gill, and the countless others out there who object to nudity...
Please tell me where I wrote that I objected to nudity?
You wrote (cont): ...and who use all of the standard arguments to try and justify the stance, are simply justifying - after the fact - a fundamental personal discomfort (whether moral, political, or in terms of body-image issues) with the idea of public nakedness.
I do not have to justify my decision to not want to go naked on stage. It is simply my decision and it does not make me a lesser person than you, just a different one.
You wrote (cont): All of these (frankly, spurious) artistic arguments are so much false front.
No David. They are just my opinions.
You wrote: When Alan and Jill strip off to have sex at the end of "Equus", you think "exploitation"...
Do I? Where did I say that?
You wrote: I'm not in the slightest bit concerned with external socio-political agenda when I stage or perform a nude scene...
And I am not the slightest bit concerned with external socio-political agenda when I say that I have no interest in going starkers on stage but I am quite happy for anyone who is interested in doing so, to do so whenever they like.
Cheers,
Gill
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