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I liked her on the Walking Dead


That was all I had seen her in.

I just caught her on that Masters of Sex show. I lost respect her. That's nothing new, I don't really respect most actors/actresses.

Anyway, she gets butt naked and climbs up on some guy and simulates she's having sex with him, also later she's completely bottomless as some guy puts her up on a table and starts to hump he as she wraps her legs around him.

She's just another actor/actress who'll do just about anything for money.

I know, I know, it's just pretend. She's just a stripper. End of story.


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If you lost respect for her for this role than it couldn't have been that strong to begin with. Moreover, there was nothing degrading about those scenes on Masters of Sex. The two scenes came within the context of dramatic situations. Nothing gratuitous about them. She had the courage to show off her body knowing the amount of ridicule she'd receive for having a less-than-ideal form. That is something that should be commended. Furthermore, Emily had no problems landing roles before Masters of Sex. She landed guest roles on Forever and The Flash, so your claim that she was just appearing naked for money goes out the window because she could've continued making money in non-nudity roles.

Get off your high horse. We live in the twenty first century. Unveiling the naked human body is nothing to be ashamed of. If an actress decides to disrobe out of her own free will it doesn't mean she's some sell out or woman who lacks self-esteem.

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We just live in two different worlds. You live in the world in which entertainment "should" show us everything because these things happen in real life. People have sex. Well yes they do. Sex is between two people and it is very private. You've just bought the crap of today that if it happens in real life we should watch it. Gone are the days when Clark Gable carries Vivian Leah up the stairs and into the bedroom.....cut to the next day (and the audience knows they had sex), no now we have to make the actors/actresses passionately make up with slobbery, open mouth kisses as they paw each other and undress each other and the guy grab and kiss her breasts and for them each to fall onto the bed in various simulated sex positions. It happens in real life therefore these people must be asked to undress for the world and do fake sex with some other actor so nerds can jack off to it. "It's just a job"....."it was tastefully done".....what a load of crap. Give them money, those with low character will do anything and convince themselves it is art. It takes a lot of "talent" and "acting classes" to be a stripper and do be a "fake" whore on screen. I'm sure that's why they became actors so they could end up being strippers and soft porn stars. That has a lot to do with drama and acting.



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I will agree that not everything has to be shown on screen. I'm not sure what is and isn't allowed but not everything should be displayed. But consider the context: the man in the Masters of Sex scene is dealing with sexual dysfunction, probably brought on by social ineptitude and years of shaming. He was not used to seeing women naked. Dr. Masters aimed to rectify this issue by introducing to him a woman who was obviously not inept or ashamed in any way. It would've been a complete betrayal to the audience if the show (and the characters in the show, like Dr. Masters and Emily's character) promoted body/sex positivity and not show nudity. There is nothing wrong with the human body or sexual activity and yet nobody on the show is willing to disrobe in situations that would demand for nudity? There would be enormous hypocrisy involved.

This is a situation that should be commended not condemned. Because this particular scene (and the show itself) sends an important message about sex and the human body and, at the same time, stays true to that message by not being cowardly or squeamish about the very thing it advocates for.

This isn't at all similar to the Friday the 13th reboot. A movie that features voluptuous babes dropping their tops solely for titillation. For excitement and spectatorship. That film is an example of exploitative nudity. Nudity for the sake of nudity and, even worse, promoting ideal body types that could be damaging to the way an audience (especially the male demographic) perceives the perfect physical form.

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Hanz-Willhelm2, you are so in for it so be sure you're wearing a flame proof suit.

That said, I agree with you 100%.

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She has a great little voice. Very harmonic

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