Not sure if you'll be able to believe this, but there's beef in the world of urban music. Unfortunately, this kerfuffle has none of the simplicity of East Coast vs. West Coast. In the case of Ciara vs. Vibe, most people involved have no idea what's going on, and some people thought to be involved might not be. But you'll be more inclined to click if we mention the controversy includes naked bodies, won't ye? CONTINUED »
For five months in 2007, actor Daniel Radcliffe appeared as Alan Strang in the play Equus, a role requiring some full-frontal acting. And for five months, people waited in vain for a skin snap to leak from that British production. The Brits, of course, are far too refined such antics and not even the tabloids went for the Harry Potter star's prick.
Fast forward sixteen months and we find Radcliffe reprising his role here in the United States. And guess what?! One day into the Broadway show's previews and there it is: Daniel Radcliffe's wang for all the world to see. And we use the word "see" very loosely, because the actor's genitals are basically a blur.
That nipples — or is it mere areola? — are, much like actual genitalia, one of the defining lines between "acceptable" and "OMG NUDITY HIDE YOUR CHILDREN!!!" is something Americans learn at an early age. This explains why print advertisements around New York for the Brazlian rum Cabana Cachaça go without nipples, while advertisements for newspapers in Europe include full breasts. (Okay, not always; NSWF.) On television, nipples are an even bigger affront to civility, which explains why the Eva Mendes spot for Calvin Klein's new fragrance Secret Obsession was banned from U.S. airwaves in a convenient publicity-driving announcement. The scent's print spots, too, do not show nip.
But why, in an age where music acts and television shows can be named "Pussycat Dolls," are we still afraid of nipples? CONTINUED »
The ad at left, for Cabana Cachaca, is running in a few men's magazines, and is causing a little spat of controversy, owing to the fact that the model featured in the spot is not wearing any clothes. [WWD]
The ad at right, for Tom Ford's fragrance, should quiet any notion that we're entering some sort of new debate about nudity in advertising.
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Jack Shafer's one question about the Times nudist article on Sunday: "After going to such extremes to protect readers from the overtly lewd and prurient, why did the paper's editors include this image of a crouching billiards player lining up a shot as two lusciously nippled maidens in Modigliani knockoffs stare down from canvases behind him?"
Guess what: If you’re going to Tufts, you probably didn’t get into Harvard. And if you’re running around naked in public, it’ll probably end up on YouTube.
The Somerville Journal, a community paper, covered the Tufts annual naked run and put a clip of it on YouTube. CONTINUED »
Since the peep shows left midtown, the public has been clamoring for more un-sexy nakedness in Times Square. And wackos have answered that call.
Last night, a 44-year old man from White Plains ran through Times Square nude. This streaking comes only two weeks after a Greenpoint resident tried to get into the Times Square Olive Garden without a reservation or any clothes on.
Streaking is so passé; even people from Westchester are doing it now.
[Photo Credit: New York Post]
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