"Should more cities follow?"

Munich legalizes public nudity in designated urban zones

Dunham's nudity on 'Girls'

"At a Television Critics Association panel for Girls on Thursday, a writer for The Wrap asked the show’s creator and star, Lena Dunham, why she insists on appearing naked so often on the show. “I don’t get the purpose of all the nudity on the show. By you, particularly,” the writer, Tim Molloy, said to Dunham. “I feel like I’m walking into a trap where you say no one complains about the nudity on Game of Thrones, but I get why they’re doing it. They’re doing it to be salacious. To titillate people. And your character is often naked at random times for no reason.”

Dunham, likely bored by the subject which has been raised again and again since the show’s first season, brushed him off by saying her aim was realism. “It’s a realistic expression of what it’s like to be alive,” she said. “If you’re not into me, that’s your problem.” Judd Apatow, who executive produces the show along with Dunham, took a harsher stance, later accusing the journalist of asking a question that was not only “sexist and offensive, it’s misogynistic.”

But Molloy was still confused, going on to write a post about the panel where he again noted his confusion over why Dunham’s character frequently appeared naked. “I don’t like it or not like it,” he wrote. “I just don’t get the artistic reason for it, and want to understand it, because I’m a TV critic.”"

Movie Review: The Canyons

I watched The Canyons yesterday afternoon. In a previous post I discussed a NYT article about its filming, and was curious to see the final product. Although the article was interesting, the writer could not know what the final cut would contain, so expect something a little different.

On my movie ratings scale I would label it 'diverting.' That is, watchable. 

Unfortunately, like Keanu Reeves, Lindsay Lohan can't act her way out of a paper bag. But also like Keanu, she possesses the charming ability to bring her real self to film. Lindsay was pretty, in a damaged, used-up way, but with a vulnerability that shone through. And though I felt for her in reality, I was unconvinced by her performance.

After a weak start, co-star James Deen delivered a believable but unremarkable 
performance.

The nudity content was nothing to write home about; a few long eyefuls of breasts, with a couple unerect penises thrown in for good measure. The four-way sex 
scene showed little, but was central to the movie, and fairly well done.

Although the plot was mediocre, it had enough oomph to leave the viewer, however momentarily, thoughtful.