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, 08:55 pmWalter Plinge
> Please tell me where I wrote
> that I objected to nudity?
You mentioned plays where nudity featured and commented that they could have worked without it. On the basis that I disagree with this assertion, I classify that as an objection, if only to my way of thinking.
Does that makes sense?
> I do not have to justify my decision
> to not want to go naked on stage.
But you did. You said (albeit facetiously) that people would pay you to keep your clothes on. I jumped to a conclusion (for which I apologise, as it has apparently offended you), and based my comments on that conclusion.
> > All of these (frankly, spurious)
> > artistic arguments are so much
> > false front.
> No David. They are just my opinions.
At this point, I was referring to Leah's diatribe.
> > 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 didn't. Leah did. I was reacting to her at that point.
At which point I should be off to bite the bait over at her response.
D.M.
> that I objected to nudity?
You mentioned plays where nudity featured and commented that they could have worked without it. On the basis that I disagree with this assertion, I classify that as an objection, if only to my way of thinking.
Does that makes sense?
> I do not have to justify my decision
> to not want to go naked on stage.
But you did. You said (albeit facetiously) that people would pay you to keep your clothes on. I jumped to a conclusion (for which I apologise, as it has apparently offended you), and based my comments on that conclusion.
> > All of these (frankly, spurious)
> > artistic arguments are so much
> > false front.
> No David. They are just my opinions.
At this point, I was referring to Leah's diatribe.
> > 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 didn't. Leah did. I was reacting to her at that point.
At which point I should be off to bite the bait over at her response.
D.M.
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