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   On May 23, 8:08 am, mcar...@ozemail.com.au (Edward McArdle) wrote:   
   > In article , Ubiquitous    
   wrote:   
   > >By John Horn   
   >   
   > >It’s one of the strangest scenes in “Star Trek Into Darkness”: 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 film’s screenplay, is apologizing   
   > >for the gratuitous sequence — sort of.   
   >   
   > >In an email interview with MTV, Lindelof was asked why the “Men in Black   
   > >III” actress was obligated to show off her ripped body.   
   >   
   > >“Why 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?,” Lindelof wrote.   
   >   
   > >He said there was a scene written for Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) to   
   > >remove his shirt, but “I don’t think it ever got shot. You know why?   
   > >Because getting actors to take their clothes off is DEMEANING AND   
   > >HORRIBLE AND...”   
   >   
   > >Lindelof touted the MTV admission on Twitter, first saying, “I copped to   
   > >the fact that we should have done a better job of not being gratuitous in   
   > >our representation of a barely clothed actress,” and then joking, “We   
   > >also had Kirk shirtless in underpants in both movies. Do not want to make   
   > >light of something that some construe as mysogenistic.”   
   >   
   > >He followed that post with an apology for misspelling misogynist and by   
   > >writing, “What I'm saying is I hear you, I take responsibility and will   
   > >be more mindful in the future.”   
   >   
   > 1. This is 300 years in the future. People don't worry about being caught   
   > in their underwear?   
   >   
   What a strange bunch the people of the future are.  They're okay with   
   inter-species sex but get prudish when they're changing their   
   clothes.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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