Monday, March 18, 2013


At the Academy Awards ceremony this year, Seth McFarlane has caused a great deal of buzz about a  song and dance number he performed called, "We Saw Your Boobs".  It was funny and lighthearted, and pointed out a very obvious fact; a number of famous actresses had appeared topless in a number of movies.

Several actresses have chosen to be offended by the performance though, foremost among which is Jamie Lee Curtis, who's blog on the topic is http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-lee-curtis/and-the-oscar-goes-to-hell_b_2793392.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment  My comments follow.

There are two things wrong with this blog.

First, Ms. Curtis, you miss the point.  It wasn't about you. The song was making fun of the juvenile male - typically between 15 and 35 - who goes to any R-rated movie he can simply for the chance of seeing a boob or two.  That's all he'll remember about the movie too; he saw a boob.  AND movie producers make sure to put that 2 or 3 second image in there so they'll get his money!  There's even a website - Mr. Skin, I believe - who's entire purpose is to make money by highlighting exactly where in each R-rated movie the boobs appear so that such juveniles can skip directly to the point in the movie where they can be seen!  If you don't already know this, you are remarkably naive.

Second, with the sole exception of Scarlett Johansson who's phone was hacked, EVERY SINGLE WOMAN MENTIONED WAS PAID to bare her chest.  None of you were forced - you all could have said "no".  Jennifer Lawrence apparently did.  You won't find any pictures of my wife's chest on the net...or my mother's, or my sister's, or my grown daughter's.  There are hundreds of thousands of women who make it through life without appearing topless in movies for pay and without posing on a red carpet in some cleavage-baring fashion statement.  I'm not criticizing your choice to do so, but you apparently need to be reminded that it was YOUR CHOICE!

If you are sorry it's the current topic on the net, you have no one but yourself to blame.  Stop being offended by the results of your own actions and move on.

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