Rousing Game of Quidditch

[wednes]

I swear, I feel so chipper after work I could go out and play witch games on my broomstick if my world were written by JK Rowling. My job is so fun, and the people I work with are so great.

I found out tonight that in Red Dragon, Ratner (ha ha that is the name of the nerd in Fast Times @ Ridgemont High) decided to digitally alter the nude scene with Ralph (rafe) so that his enormous member would not affect audiences. Apparently, test audiences were "distracted" by it.

We all know that there is infinately more female nudity in films than male, and I can count the movies in my collection which actually show penises: The Piano, Edge of Sanity, Crying Game, Sleepaway Camp, Scary Movie--I think that's all. So now that there is one more movie where a reasonably good looking fellow is showing his wares, it has to be digitally smallified so we dont' get distracted??? I'm beginning to think this is a scam to insure that no man ever has to feel bad about the size of his wee. Although I daresay I could be distracted by a huge cock in the middle of my movie...

So thank goodness the film industry is so sensitive. Now no one will ever be encouraged to feel bad about not being able to live up to the image of beautiful bodies all over the movie screen. Be grateful that your date will never compare you to the person on the screen who is better endowed than you. And hooray that no one will ever again feel they need to live up to an unrealistic image of what we all should look like. Thank you, Hollywood, for thinking of us...

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[thorswitch.livejournal.com]

Gee, it is SO nice that they're so considerate of the poor fellas.

If you're looking for more male nudity, definately check out Velvet Goldmine - Ewan McGregor as a freaked out glam-rock star does a drop trou with full frontal bouncing around on stage. Actually, I've heard that he likes to show it off quite a bit -- he's been quoted as saying that since there have been so many nude scenes featuring women, he just wants to help even out the score a bit. I believe he also goes all out in The Pillow Book, and possibly a couple others (he once joked that he put a clause in his contracts requiring him to do a full frontal in every film, but I know that's at least a BIT of an exaggeration, unless its somehow standing in for his light saber *g*). If you look quick - or have very good slo-mo on your DVD player, you can also see a bit of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in Velvet Goldmine, and he does another bit in "The Governess". He's commented that he doesn't have a problem with the "Ewan McGregor School of Acting". hehe

Just thought I'd share :)

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[wednes.livejournal.com]

Funny, I have a close freind who is way into that Ewan kid. I even had to tape that horrible movie for her where he is a security guard or something. And come to think of it, I did see Pillow Book, which is a depressing freakin' film.

Thanks for the info, babe.