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, 10:11 pmMan oh man, now not only am I not entitled to an opinion, I'm also not a feminist, because I chose not to go nude that way that "women who actually care about reclaiming images of their bodies and sexuality" do. So I stand accused of lumping all men into the same basket they way that you just did with women David?
And I am actually considered "sexist" because I try to live with the comments I get from my closest friends, without degenerating into a humourless shrew?
The "balance" you talk of may just be women playing a male game for what some feminists think is the restoration of female power. Personally I don't like to play the sexuality as power game, mostly because in my experience, women usually lose. I personally think power should never be sexualised and sex should never be about power - of any kind. (that's right, women actaully do differ in their opinions David).
I truely believe you are evolved David, I can see that you have an admirable commitment to your art. But one small reality check, wake up and smell the Bell Tower, we live in Perth, not in Melbourne where such cosmopolitan ideas find ready audiences, PERTH where we get Racheal Friend and Rob Guest because no-one thinks we will notice.
Oh and one last thing, watch the language David, there are ladies present.
LEAH
And I am actually considered "sexist" because I try to live with the comments I get from my closest friends, without degenerating into a humourless shrew?
The "balance" you talk of may just be women playing a male game for what some feminists think is the restoration of female power. Personally I don't like to play the sexuality as power game, mostly because in my experience, women usually lose. I personally think power should never be sexualised and sex should never be about power - of any kind. (that's right, women actaully do differ in their opinions David).
I truely believe you are evolved David, I can see that you have an admirable commitment to your art. But one small reality check, wake up and smell the Bell Tower, we live in Perth, not in Melbourne where such cosmopolitan ideas find ready audiences, PERTH where we get Racheal Friend and Rob Guest because no-one thinks we will notice.
Oh and one last thing, watch the language David, there are ladies present.
LEAH
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