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| QUOTE (stefanowitz2 @ 30/4/2015, 07:54) Fragment of Frankenstein, with plastic nudity. After 2:00 one of the dancers is really naked. (IMG: https://i.imgur.com/HqbnMGl.jpg) Part 1 [no real nudity] vimeo.com/10412051 Part 2 [fake --> real ] vimeo.com/10413194 I like that phrase you used in the description, "plastic nudity." Of course it refers to the use of a "merkin," an item covering the public mound but designed to look like naked flesh, specifically to resemble that "obscure object of desire" as it is called in the title of a Luis Bunuel film.  The phrase also brings to my mind a scene in another film, albeit one which I consider vastly over-rated, namely "The Graduate." In that scene, the main character is given advice to the effect that there is one word he must keep in mind -- "Plastic." The word is bursting with multiple meanings, and resonated especially with young audiences of that era for whom the word "plastic" was a derogatory general description of bourgeois society and all its works and pomps. Of course, the word is also used as a slang expression in reference to credit cards. Plastic is ubiquitous because plastic is useful. Plastic is also synonymous with falsehood. |
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