Well, well, well… This topic really inspires a lot of people to comment. 506 posts is already something. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but does the author say:
- Female nudity is okay, when featured by a three-dimensional main character,
- Male nudity is not put on screen often enough,
- Nude extras do not contribute to the story or general portrayal of the fantastic setting and are shown way too often,
- Most of the female nudity shown is unneccessary,
- Male full front nudity is underrepresented,
- Nudity is a kind of reward for not switching off,
- The show appeals to perverts by showing all this nudity,
- Well groomed crotches are historically inaccurate?
There are quite some points, that I do not get. Why do you blame the producers? Why not GRRM? After all, he wrote this stuff and I guess he is pretty okay with the screening.
I think, that nude extras do very well contribute to the story. By showing them the viewer gets not only a reward, but also gets to know the general feeling of ruggedness, treachery, moral decay and filthyness in Westeros better.
Well groomed crotches may not be historically accurate, but they do not have to be, because this is not the history channel, this is fiction (and contemporary aesthetic expectation).
After all I guess, this show is what you get when you try to mash up pulp fiction, a little gore and porn chic into something entertainig.
The general problem seems to be the expectation of the viewer. The internet has spoiled us all. A little nudity is not enough anymore. We want loads of it. A little cruelty is not enough. It must be over-the-top-crazy. That’s the problem: us.
And I guess we should be happy, that the French did not shoot the series (or maybe not).
