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how is she shirtless on network television?


I just saw the 1st and 2nd episodes of "Emerald City" and the character of Tip, to me, looked like a 10 y/o boy, like he had his shirt off and everything in multiple scenes, so I assumed the actor was male. But then after the transformation, Ozma looked exactly like Tip did! But the actress playing her is a 24 y/o female, Jordan Loughran, who obviously has breasts. So did they get a DIFFERENT (boy) actor to play the part of Tip, and just got lucky that he looks exactly like Jordan Loughran? or....?

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It says Jordan's character name right on this page. She plays Tip. I'm assuming some kind of cgi or something as far as her body being a boy's body. It's amazing what they can do. Her body did look a little strange as a boy. Lol.

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You know, I didn't realize this just this second until you mentioned that but I *did* remember thinking at the time that Tip's upper chest looked really drawn, sinewy, and undernourished, even for a young boy. Like the collarbones were sticking out and stuff like he was being starved. I suppose I could go back and watch it again, but battling the glitch-prone NBC streaming video website is a nightmare I don't care to re-visit unless I absolutely have to :p Thanks rsaotome12 and KDP for the input! I'm pretty sure you're right, it was CGI. Amazing what technology can do these days!

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Yeah, had to be CGI. I'm pretty sure they intentionally gave us topless shots of boy-Tip so that the shock of the transformation would hit the viewer harder.

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Yes, probably the same thing they did in Capt. America with Chris Evans. They pasted a young boy's body onto her head. They did it well, I thought the "original" Tip was a different actor before she woke up a girl.

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CGI!!! The real actress is in 26 years old, and has prominent breasts, not a flat young boy's chest. CGI!!!!

But I think TV and movies HAVE shown pre pubescent girls topless. It is NOT illegal if it not a sexual situation. Like Brooke Shields in Pretty Baby.(supposedly. I never watched the movie since it holds no interest for me).

Although now days, our society has gone insane about nudity and become even MORE puritanical if that is possible. As if a mere glimpse of a topless girl with a flat chest will spur hoards of child molesters to act out. Face Palm.

It is right to fear molesters. But the over protection of our society has gotten insane. NO hoards of molesters are spurred in to action by a 4 second glimpse of a topless young girl like Brooke Shields did in Pretty Baby. According to studies over years and years of data.

This reaction is typical for us in America. We over react. Deal with that.

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It really does not have to be CGI. The actress is fairly flat chested to begin with. The instance where you see Tip in the tub you notice that the area where the breast curvature would be prominently noticeable is clearly obscured being submerged in the milk bath. It could be accomplished easily with camera tricks like the arch of a back, lying closer to flat so the adipose tissue flattens out, ect.

The REAL artificial thing is when you see her later as a girl and she has the taped together cleavage which is not representative of reality.

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