Good article that touches on the reality of shooting a nude and/or sex scene on the actor's side and how it effects them. Proponents focus on consent and professionalism. If both happen then 'a-okay.' Win win for the audience and win win for the actors and directors, so they say. No harm done. Opponents focus on what's shown and how little is shown. Rarely do people discuss the process once that nude and/or sex scene is scheduled.
I think 99% of all the nude and sex scenes depicted in mainstream tv and film in the past decade, if left out, not one project would suffer from their exclusion in terms of character and plot development. It proves that almost all nudity (for the sake of nudity) and sex scenes are just unnecessary additions and add nothing to the overall project. It's just sad once we truly, truly think about it.
No one is wondering 'gee I wish Maria and Baron von Trapp had at least an implied sex scene during their honeymoon.' No one.
Not even in The Bear, a tv series filled with profanity where there, so far, is no nudity and barely any excessive violence, is anyone (in the audience) thinking 'gee, a sex scene would've elevated Season 1.' No one. What people are saying about The Bear 'I wonder if X and Y character will get together' or 'I hope to God that X and Y won't get together because it'll ruin the feel of the show.'
Even the lead actor, Jeremy Allen White, objected to creating a romantic plot between his character and one of the female characters for Season 2. He implied 'why can't they just be friends and co-workers?' And this is him simply rejecting any romantic angle a producer can give it (I also feel White knows where it can lead, given the already existing relationship between the two characters, is simply unnecessary - and not believable). I agree with White. Just leave the characters alone.
Good article that touches on the reality of shooting a nude and/or sex scene on the actor's side and how it effects them. Proponents focus on consent and professionalism. If both happen then 'a-okay.' Win win for the audience and win win for the actors and directors, so they say. No harm done. Opponents focus on what's shown and how little is shown. Rarely do people discuss the process once that nude and/or sex scene is scheduled.
I think 99% of all the nude and sex scenes depicted in mainstream tv and film in the past decade, if left out, not one project would suffer from their exclusion in terms of character and plot development. It proves that almost all nudity (for the sake of nudity) and sex scenes are just unnecessary additions and add nothing to the overall project. It's just sad once we truly, truly think about it.
No one is wondering 'gee I wish Maria and Baron von Trapp had at least an implied sex scene during their honeymoon.' No one.
Not even in The Bear, a tv series filled with profanity where there, so far, is no nudity and barely any excessive violence, is anyone (in the audience) thinking 'gee, a sex scene would've elevated Season 1.' No one. What people are saying about The Bear 'I wonder if X and Y character will get together' or 'I hope to God that X and Y won't get together because it'll ruin the feel of the show.'
Even the lead actor, Jeremy Allen White, objected to creating a romantic plot between his character and one of the female characters for Season 2. He implied 'why can't they just be friends and co-workers?' And this is him simply rejecting any romantic angle a producer can give it (I also feel White knows where it can lead, given the already existing relationship between the two characters, is simply unnecessary - and not believable). I agree with White. Just leave the characters alone.