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Please tell me:

posted 21 years ago by templebrat
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That this is not a for real movie. I saw the trailer once and I was hoping they were joking. I think Touchstone and Disney are going out of their way to be offensive. Those execs. got a real mean streak in them. Taking your clothes off for charity? What on earth is the point? It's the same as a Christian prostitute or a heavenly devil. They don't exist. Please do every one a favor and trash this film and destroy the negative. The world would be a better place for it.

Tell me what happened and I'll ease your passing!

[–] CalendarGirl 21 years ago

So templebrat, raising money for Leukemia research isn't a good thing!?!? b/c that's how the story began.
IMHO, the world would be a better place if more people cared and there were more films like this one. I say good on ya WI girls!!!

[–] krazykid197 21 years ago

Do you realise it is a true story??? or why they made the calendar??

The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky

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[–] justkit 20 years ago

Hmmm..... Destroy the negative eh? Sounds a bit like the Nazis burning books to me.

[–] johnwayne81 8 years ago

... or the work by LGBT lobby now.

[–] liberalmedia 20 years ago

That story's been going around for centuries, but apparently it's a misconception. It's due to a confusion about her identity in the Scriptures. They confuse her with another figure, a sinful woman (whose sin is not named, by the way)who anoints Jesus's feet. Anyway, from what I've heard, early Christian texts DO NOT indicate Mary Magdalene was a prostitute.

But Jesus did say some prostitutes would get into the kingdom of heaven before some self-righteous types, such as the Scribes and Pharisees, so nobody has the right to get on his high horse.

[–] eugeniaandino 20 years ago

This is not only a real movie, it is based on a true story.
Disney is not offensive, you choose to find them offensive.
The execs don't have a mean streak, although you have a twisted mind if you think that posing nude is an evil in itself, since not all nudes are equally revealing, tasteful/tasteless, arty/pornographic, and so on.
The point of taking you clothes off for charity is raising money because plenty of people like the originality and the effort that it takes to do so, and that makes them buy whatever you're selling nude.
No, nudity for a good cause is not the same as a heavenly devil because a devil is an evil creature, and nudity is not evil. Pornography might be, but the movie is not about a pornographic calendar. Nudity is not the same as pornography or prostitution.
No, a Christian prostitute is not the same as a heavenly devil because devils cannot be heavenly. It is not in their nature. A prostitute can be a Christian: s/he may have a deeply trouble conscience and know that what s/he does is wrong but thinks there is no way out, or s/he may think that prostitution is compatible with a Christian life.

I pity you.

[–] My_Name_Is_Lydia 20 years ago

Hey, TempleBrat... have you seen this movie? I just saw it today and I didn't find it offensive at all. It's not like these women did brazen strip-teases. They were all very careful. They weren't devils and certainly not prostitutes. It was really tasteful... I promise! Give it a chance. You'll have a good laugh... and shed a tear, or two. ;-)

[–] liberalmedia 20 years ago

...when the calendar on which this story was based was flying off the shelves. It was completely harmless and all in good fun. And it was reality!

Besides, God created the human body, and these women were treating that body with wit and respect (no shameless displays, and it was all done in a good cause). I also think God has a sense of humor, too.

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[–] liberalmedia 20 years ago

In "Mere Christianity," he said that modesty is a culturally determined thing and that what's too bare in one culture is perfectly modest in another. That doesn't quite get into our attitudes towards nudity in the U.S. and other culturse dominated by Christians, but it's a beginning...

[–] whitespirit26 11 years ago

Boohoo, the US and some other Christian places believe the body should be respected. Less flesh, oh no!

[–] liberalmedia 11 years ago

Boohoo, the US and some other Christian places believe the body should be respected. Less flesh, oh no!

I wouldn't call it respect! On your average television network, a glimpse of a backside or breast may be obscured, perhaps to avoid getting angry messages, but the trailer for a network forensics drama might involve gruesome images of bodies. Skinny dipping is verboten, yet dismemberment isn't. Which is kinder and more respectful to God's creation?

[–] whitespirit26 11 years ago

"but the trailer for a network forensics drama might involve gruesome images of bodies. Skinny dipping is verboten, yet dismemberment isn't. Which is kinder and more respectful to God's creation?"

Whoa: you hit my sore spot there buddy. You have NO idea how pissed off so many of those damned shows make me! I've been railing against them for about 12 years, partly because sometimes even the dismembered bodies are shown/treated immodestly by the "heroes". You are absolutely correct: they're horrid, and there's no excuse. I've sorrowed over the fact that the US is becoming less Christian. But that's why, when it comes to the reservations it does still have, which are much bigger than Europe's, I'm very defensive.

[–] lfca 20 years ago

Having just been diagnosed 12/6 with breast cancer, and having just had a lumpectomy with radiation to follow, I can say that I found this film touching, funny, and real.
Obviously templebrat is a "brat", and a young one at that, untouched by the ravages that aging can bring.
Best for you to see movies that relate more to your station in life, templebrat. Like, "Dude, Where's My Car?" or the like.

[–] My_Name_Is_Lydia 20 years ago

How are you doing now? Do you have to have chemotherapy? I'm sorry and I wish you only the best. I'm glad "Calendar Girls" made you smile. :-)

"...and that's all I have to say about that."

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[–] Mutant_Virus 20 years ago

I don't quite get it. What could possibly be upsetting about seeing a human body? We never express concern over seeing other species without clothing... why homo sapiens?

[–] whitespirit26 11 years ago

Yes, we are JUST like apes. Why not let other species write books and determine our spirituality as well?

[–] chorus1 20 years ago

I'd be interested in knowing why you would say that. Number one, Disney didn't make the film. It's not "trash", nor is it "porn". If you have seen the movie, or the ads, you would know that the photos were done very tastefully.