Stripping Naked to be Taken Seriously
Seriously?
Think of your current doctor. Remember the first time you met at his office. Did you ask him (or her) to strip naked for you before you would take him seriously as a medical professional?
Didn’t think so.
Apparently, things are different in Hollywood-land. Reportedly, Jessica Simpson is looking for a movie role with some full-frontal nudity so she can be taken seriously as an actress.
Seriously?
Now, whether films should have nudity is a separate issue, and beyond the scope of this post. But, as to whether one needs to strip naked to be taken seriously… Seriously?
I think that the idea that one must run around naked to be taken seriously is largely a fallacy. Does anyone view a streaker at a sporting event as a serious individual?
Plenty of dramatic roles, both in film and on television as well as on stage, require no nudity at all. So, to think that you must appear naked to be taken seriously is seriously delusional. Otherwise, porn stars would dominate the Oscars and other award shows.
On top of that, I can’t recall a single male actor who sought out nude roles in order to be taken seriously as an actor. This seems to be a line of thinking reserved for actresses.
This used to be a line used by hormone-driven men to get their favorite actresses naked in front of the camera. Now, the men don’t even have to feed them any lines. The actresses just feed the lines to themselves and each other.
Seriously.
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I tried this at a keg party once and I didn’t get taken seriously. But it did work at least once, because now I have children. Hmm.
I used to have a tiny bit of respect for her because she didn’t seem to feed off the attention like some others. Boy was I wrong.
Reportedly, this is just a rumor. On the other hand, can we always trust what a spokesperson says?
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