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From: anim8rfsk@cox.net
In article
<431e7186-20d6-49ec-b7b1-37372d967d93@dl10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
moviePig wrote:
> On May 23, 7:21 am, Ubiquitous wrote:
> > By John Horn
> >
> > Itıs one of the strangest scenes in ³Star Trek Into Darkness²: With no
> > explanation or motivation, USS Enterprise visitor Carol (Alice Eve)
> > strips down to her blue underwear, whereupon James T. Kirk (Chris Pine)
> > sneaks a peek.
> >
> > Now, Damon Lindelof, who co-wrote the filmıs screenplay, is apologizing
> > for the gratuitous sequence sort of.
> >
> > In an email interview with MTV, Lindelof was asked why the ³Men in Black
> > III² actress was obligated to show off her ripped body.
> >
> > ³Why is Alice Eve in her underwear, gratuitously and unnecessarily,
> > without any real effort made as to why in God's name she would undress in
> > that circumstance? Well, there's a very good answer for that. But I'm not
> > telling you what it is. Because... uh... MYSTERY?,² Lindelof wrote.
> >
> > He said there was a scene written for Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) to
> > remove his shirt, but ³I donıt think it ever got shot. You know why?
> > Because getting actors to take their clothes off is DEMEANING AND
> > HORRIBLE AND...²
> >
> > Lindelof touted the MTV admission on Twitter, first saying, ³I copped to
> > the fact that we should have done a better job of not being gratuitous in
> > our representation of a barely clothed actress,² and then joking, ³We
> > also had Kirk shirtless in underpants in both movies. Do not want to make
> > light of something that some construe as mysogenistic.²
> >
> > He followed that post with an apology for misspelling misogynist and by
> > writing, ³What I'm saying is I hear you, I take responsibility and will
> > be more mindful in the future.²
>
> Afaik, there's appreciable difference between misogyny and gratuitous
> sex.
Doesn't have to be though.
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