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Shadowlocked's third podcast finds London-based site editor Martin Anderson and regular NYC contributor Aaron Knier taking a look at the schism between attitudes to nudity in American and European cinema.

In the piece, Aaron notes the huge disparity between early 1980s MPAA PG standards and modern standards, while Martin wonders whether an endomorphic body shape cam kill or hinder the career of a good actress, as Aaron recalls David Fincher's reluctant decision to not cast her in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo due to her 'distracting' physiognomy.

Among the arguments against a renewed laxity in regard to screen nudity is the prospect of several years of American acclimatisation to a 'phenomenon' which European audiences shrug off as no distraction to the narrative - and the difference that the internet has made as regards actors' willingness to disrobe for the cameras. Both female and male nudity are discussed, and - as the chat reveals - are an order of magnitude from each other in terms of acceptability in modern American cinema.

Underneath the player, you'll find an index of subjects discussed, so you can jump straight to a topic.

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INDEX

'This Film Is Not Yet Rated' changes the rules. - 0.16
Romancing The Stone and the lax ratings of the early 1980s. - 0.42
Saving Private Ryan and the acceptability of context. - 1.18
The Brits hate violence  [onscreen] , the Americans hate sex [onscreen]. - 1.49
'Afraid of a titty' - the American schism between desire and sexual censorship. - 2.00
Hollywood not catching up to the internet. - 2.30
Executive meetings about nipples. - 3.08
'The Modesty bed sheet' - No real American Sexual Life in American movies. - 3.25
Non-justified sex distracting for directors and screenwriters.- 4.27
Could audiences ever get used to nudity?- 5.18
The European Way! - 5.52
No pain no gain - Aaron's 100-year plan. - 6.15
Jessica Alba's CGI nudity - 7.07
Screen nudity: what Emma Watson said and what Scarlett Johansson did.  - 7.25
Are large breasts 'pornographic' and smaller ones 'stylish' and 'acceptable' in mainstream cinema nudity? - 8.09
The unacceptable face (?) of on-screen male genitalia - 12.21
Shame, and Michael Fassbender's p****s costing him an Academy Award?- 13.15
American fears of 'The Other' in the form of on-screen male genitalia- 13.42
Male paranoia and p****s-envy - 14.38
Aaron's example: Paul Giamatti, Brad Pitt and their fictitious dicks - 14.46
The desire to not offend and European cinema's reaction to WWII- 15.56
If America want nudity/sex in movies in the internet age - why? - 18.00
The thrust ban (except on Showtime, etc)- 18.20
'Original sin' with Angelina Jolie + Monster's Ball and Don't Look Now - 19.15
The sex scene in Watchmen and 'stunt sex' - 23.14
The 'gratuitous' factor- 24.21
The 13 years between the collapse of the Hayes Code and the start of the MPAA - 25.05

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