Daniel radcliffe (Harry Potter) Nude stage debut

[romantico]

As long as this isn't in a sexual manner, I have no problem with this. I really admire him for being so brave. Keep in mind, this story comes from the New York Post. Facts aren't exactly their specialty, so take this with a grain of salt!

http://www.newyorkpost.com/commentary/hotter_than_potter_commentary_michael_riedel.htm

[RevCheesehead]

1. That sound you just heard....

were millions of teenage girls hitting the floor. :evilgrin:

[WolverineDG]

12. I can't imagine

millions of teenage girls rushing to see "Equus." :scared:

dg

[RevCheesehead]

16. OMG - that first line in the article!!

:rofl:

[WolverineDG]

33. ...

:rofl:

dg

[Deja Q]

35. Quite. And the saddest part is the lack of pictures as proof...

:rofl:

[crim son]

44. Reading this, I will not even BOTHER to check out the link.

He's a fine young lad.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

20. I'd pay to see the reactions of the millions of teenage girls who rushed

to see "Equus."

:rofl:

[WolverineDG]

32. You're evil

I like that.

:rofl:

dg

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

34. I went to a college where half the students were equine majors and...

everyone in the honors program was required to take the same art appreciation class. I was a theatre/English major and it was taught by the head of the theatre dept, who definitely qualifies as a deeply evil man. Most of the people in the class were equine majors. One day he went on and on about how wonderful "Equus" was and how it should be required viewing for all equine majors. Meanwhile, I'm just laughing my ass off. Finally, he says, "Yes, it's a wonderful play about a boy who goes mad and blinds a bunch of horses." They freaked out sooo bad, it was great.

[WolverineDG]

36. Not so evil

at least he told them what the play was actually about before they all rushed out to see it. ;)

dg

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

37. Even if it involved horses, they wouldn't have gone to see it.

Just because you're in an honors program, for getting As in riding ponies, doesn't mean you have an oz of culture. Most of them actually listed Thomas Kinkade as their favorite artist and had never seen a play before.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. They talked about it on Regis and Kelly this morning.

Yes, full nudity.

And what do you mean by "isn't in a sexual nature"?

But I see in the article that Radcliffe is only 17, which makes me think that he won't be appearing in the nude - I'm not sure what the laws are, but I don't think a minor can appear in the nude. But then, I have no idea and so could be speaking out of my ass.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. Minors have appeared nude in movies, so it's probably legal onstage.

I don't have my copy of the Actors' Equity rulebook around, but I think it's allowed.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Really? Wow. I just assumed it would be automatic child porn.

It's good to know that in the US, every now and again, something good happens (in this case, a mature outlook on nudity) without people getting all bent out of shape over it.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. Brooke Shields was only 15 when she made "Blue Lagoon"

It would have to be highly regulated of course. Hell, if you have an underage actor in a stage show, then you must also have a "child wrangler" to keep the kid out of trouble, occupied, and not bothering the adult actors.

[darmok167]

29. she was only 11 or 12 in Pretty Baby...

...and appeared nude in it as well.

[asthmaticeog]

19. Thora Birch in "American Beauty" was underage at the time. (nt)

[Iniquitous Bunny]

40. It's on the London stage.

So fear not, the US is still uptight. :D Well, except for this man-ho:

"I'm an American sex symbol, for hell's sake. Of course they know me! "
Wilford Brimley

[RevCheesehead]

6. And we would know the difference just how?

:shrug:


:hide:

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. What difference?

[RevCheesehead]

11. This:

"But then, I have no idea and so could be speaking out of my ass."

:*

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. Damn you!

And I was so nice to you yesterday in the "say something nice about a DUer" thread.

:grr:

Oh, well. you'll get yours in front of the pearly gates when St. Peter laughs for a million years at your petition to come in.

[RevCheesehead]

14. Yeah? Well, I have Wilford Brimley's phone number.

:P

[RevCheesehead]

21. OK, I apologize.

You curmudgeons are so hard to read sometimes. :hug:

[Katina]

9. laws may be different in London

regarding age of actors appearing in the nude.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Oh, I just realized that this is in London not in the US, either.

So no wonder it's okay. They have a mature view of sex, nudity, and etc.

[tjwmason]

22. Do we?

Somehow I had failed to notice that...

But certainly less censorious than the attitude generally prevailing in the U.S.

[swimboy]

23. Pssst!

Things have gotten far better at work since I started making the rules around here!

:evillaugh:

[tjwmason]

24. Coup d'etat.

Hurrah. :bounce: :bounce:

Hope you're having a good day now, Your Worship.

Trust you to be replying to a post on mature attitudes to sex and nudity. :eyes:

[swimboy]

25. It was only where I was sure of running into you!

:evilgrin: :toast:

Cheers!

[ThomCat]

28. What is this about Swimboy, sex and nudity?

Now pushing in line. I was here next. :7

[xmas74]

26. delete

You noticed it was in London downthread. No point in rehashing.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

30. Equus requires full nudity...

In fact, during one long, intense monologue, his character has an onstage orgasm while describing to his shrink a sexually packed ride he took on horse.

Harry Potter in "Equus" -- now that will be fascinating!

[deucemagnet]

31. If I remember the movie correctly,

wouldn't he have to be naked, wearing a bridle, and whipping his ass with a crop at some point? I'm not kidding, I think this was an actual scene in the movie.

[Xithras]

41. Child nudity is NOT illegal in the US.

Yes, every now and then you get an overzealous prosecutor who tries to throw some parent in the can over a bathtub photo, but those cases ALWAYS get tossed.

Federal law describes child pornography as the posing of a child in a sexual or lascivious manner. It doesn't even require that they be nude, people have been sent to prison for child pornography when the victim in the photos was still in underwear or a swimsuit. The requirement is that it has to be deliberately erotic.

Having children nude isn't illegal. Using children in a sexual manner is. Having a 17 year old strip for a play is entirely legal, as long as the play isn't intended to sexually excite the audience or turn the actor into an object of sexual desire.

BTW, I'm not a pervert. I got into an argument with my photo processor once after they had developed some vacation photos. I was taking pictures on the beach, and shot a photo of my 10 year old daughter sunning in her swimsuit. The processor warned me that the photo was potentially illegal because her legs were slightly ajar and a pervert might have found it to be voyeuristic child porn. I thought he was an idiot, looked up the law, and found out he was right. I've never had a print made of the photo just to be safe (it doesn't show anything, it was just an unfortunate angle).

[Shell Beau]

3. Yikes! Wasn't he just like 12?

[liontamer]

17. yes but that was 5 years ago

:)

[Shell Beau]

18. Damn, but I don't feel like I have gotten 5 years older!

:silly:

[pagerbear]

4. There will be pics of his willy online soon.

You can count on it.

[begin_within]

27. Now we'll find out if Potter really is Harry.

[Lilith Velkor]

38. Harry Potter and the Full Monty

Good googly moogly, they grow up fast...

[China_cat]

39. You can count on there

being more uproar over the blinding of the horses than over the nudity.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

42. I really doubt that.

I haven't heard of anyone protesting "Equus" over the horse blinding and between being involved with animal rights and working in theatre, I'd probably have heard about it somewhere.

Feel free to prove me wrong.

[China_cat]

43. Maybe it was only local but the play was banned

here in Charleston and the movie was heavily protested due to the horse blinding.

[Rabrrrrrr]

45. I doubt that they actually blind horses on stage

[China_cat]

46. I'm sure they won't

but you get some real whack jobs when it comes to even the IDEA of some things. Never underestimate the fundamentalist idiots, no matter what their persuasion.

I was reminded of this last weekend when BBCAm was showing an Avengers marathon and they showed the episode "The See-Through Man". This caused a big stir here when it was first shown (many many years ago, of course) because for a man to be 'see-through' he had to be naked and you couldn't have naked people on tv...even if you couldn't see them.