There's a lot of confusion over "child" nudity and "child porn' laws. Actually, you can show a child or teenager FULLY NUDE (including full genitalia) as long as the film has "bonafide artistic merit or educational, medical, or scientific value". This has been affirmed by Supreme Court decisions in both the United States and Canada. Thus, if a movie has legitimate artistic merit then it can show full nudity of a minor and even show a minor engaging in sexual activity. The film Baby Doll featured a 12 year old Brooke Shields fully naked. The film 1900 featured a 12 year old boy touching his erect penis. There are hundreds of other examples. Technically, a studio could make a film version of Lolita and show a 13 year old girl fully nude and even show a close-up of her vagina and anus and there is NOTHING that the Gestapo could do about it, since the story is universally recognized as having artistic merit. Even if charges were laid the law clearly states that any child porn charges must be dismissed by the court if the work as a whole is deemed to have any legitimate artistic merit. Its just that nowadays the studios are too afraid of the crybaby feminists, "political correctness", and the hysterical "child porn" witch hunters to attempt such a production.
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Axelbaxter
13 years ago
Kelly,
One minor disagreement: Brooke Shields was not in BABY DOLL; that was Carrol Baker. However, Brook WAS in PRETTY BABY, and did appear (at 12 years old) in a scene that purportedly showed her nude. Can't say that she was, but I do remember reading somewhere that she wore skin-colored plain panties. (She had no developed breasts at the time.)
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theyidkid
12 years ago
Pretty Baby [not Baby Doll] used a double for Brooke Shield's nude scenes, if any.
1900 was a European film and was not subject to U.S. laws concerning underage nudity. I think the confusion is yours.
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rroach50
12 years ago
Brooke Shields did her own nudity in Pretty Baby. It was her films, The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love, which used body doubles.
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theyidkid
12 years ago
She wore panties.
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rroach50
12 years ago
There are at least two scenes where Shields certainly isn't wearing panties and is completely nude:
The first is when she is laying sideways across a couch while being photographed. The next scene occurs when she is locked-out and is shown from behind as she bangs on the door. Maybe you're watching an edited version that has deleted these scenes.
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highflight41
11 years ago
The best example I can think of for "justifiable nudity by minors due to artistic merit" is the mass-nude scenes in movies depicting the Holocaust, such as Schindler's List or the mini-series "War and Remembrance". I think we can all agree that anyone who would get an erotic thrill from those is a sick bastard badly in need of castration. I'm just saying.
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