Male nudity. The Leftover‘s producer feels there needs to be more of it splashed on our television screens.
Talking to TVLine, series co-creator Damon Lindelof said he hopes the show is remembered for, among other things, offering copious glimpses of the male form sans the hinderance of clothing.
He wants other shows to follow suit.
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“There’s an incredible disproportion between naked women and naked men on television,” he says.
“And if you’re going to do a show on HBO, which is one of the few places where you can do full frontal nudity, there’s no excuse not to show more dongs. I’m passionate about it.”
The audience still has a very odd reaction to seeing male genitalia. Yet when they see female genitalia or naked breasts, they’re completely nonchalant about it.
So I’m just the beginning of the vanguard, but I want to normalize male nudity on television.”
And there you have it.
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Not that full-on nudity is even necessary to raise our Puritanical eyebrows. In August 2014. The Leftovers was wrapping up its first season on HBO and the entire Internet was in a tizzy over Justin Theroux’s sweatpants. More specifically, what was flopping around underneath the sweatpants he was wearing in the opening scene of an episode.
After making national headlines, Theroux laid low for a while, speaking as little as possible about the incident whenever asked.
“We’re done with that,” he said. “Throw the sweatpants out!”
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Now, in a new interview with Elle, he’s finally opening up at length about the incident that helped transform him into more than just Mr. Jennifer Aniston.
“It’s like having someone yank your shorts down in public,” he says. “It doesn’t feel great. Anyone who has an unflattering picture taken of them would probably say, ‘Join the club’.”
Even though most people spoke positively about Theroux’s package, he says he still cringed.
“It has the appearance of a compliment,” he says, “but it’s more mortifying than anything else.”
h/t: Attitude
Captain Obvious
No amount of male nudity in the world could make the Leftovers seem like a coherent show. Maybe the creator should’ve focused on a solid story first.
PS: Was that disgusting rape scene supposed to be hot because the guy was a nude male?
Donston
I loved the second season, not so much the first. Haven’t watched the third yet.
Sammy Schlipshit
I gave this show a too long of a try. Never got into it. Didn’t like or appreciate any of the characters. I guess it is possible to make a mystery into to much of a mystery.
Just didn’t get it.
Heywood Jablowme
Damn, I’m sorry to hear that. It’s been on my list of “Stuff I Really Should Try In Order To Justify My HBO Subscription.”
winemaker
Why not more male nudity, as long it’s tasteful and the men are in shape. Like female nudity, which has had free rain for years. What’s wrong with a nicely endowed guy’s ‘junk’ or butt crack being shown? The puritans need to get into the 21st century!
He BGB
Straight men make TV and movies so you have to look at their fantasies. That’s why horror movies always have that jiggling breast in nighties running through the forest. And women aren’t going to show male parts either. So it’s up to gay men and not many in power positions to do that.
Ken A.
Why is this so newsy. So the guy freeballed like many guys do and they made such an issue over it. The scene was interesting but keep throwing it in the poor guys face like John Ham or however you spell it, Just makes matters worse. I thought Chris Zylka’s nude seen was better.
The show was good, it had its flaws, sometimes hard to follow. The series finale was too rushed I thought, well the whole last season was kind of rushed. But I enjoyed it. Sense8 is also cancelled after their cliff hanger. Cruel Netflix.
Donston
It was a kinda silly thing for Justin to complain about. He’s used his sex appeal in almost all his roles (with the exception of my beloved Mulholland Dr, though he was cute there). He’s shown his ass several times before The Leftovers and has been seen bulging in underwear in a couple scenes prior to The Leftovers (Six Feet Under, Sex and the City). I guess he feels like he’s elevated into “serious actor” territory and has suddenly become embarrassed by people lusting after him.
Bromancer7
@Donston yeah, it’s silly. If you don’t want your junk to show then wear tight underwear or jockstrap to keep it down. If you’re going to show it off to the world then don’t be shocked or complain that people make it a talking point. And yes, this goes for you too Jon Hamm.
It would be like some starlet with a massive boob job complaining that she’s tired of people talking about her big tits. Well, if you put the girls away and stopped letting them hang out all over the place people wouldn’t talk about them.
Bromancer7
He should have put his money where his mouth is and gotten Justin to show his dong. No excuse.