I admit to not watching much on commercial TV, usually the news and related information programming, movies, and a few series (e.g., "Mad Men", "Walking Dead") but there appears to be a recent trend in TV programming to have key participants appear "naked" on the show (with appropriate blurring of the naughty bits). One such series is "Naked Dating" and I only know about this program is because of an article on the "Entertainment Weekly" website (I was there because of an article on season 2 of "Agents of Shield" where I saw a blurb for this show). For those who are interested, here is a link to the article about the show and it also contains a trailer video; see: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/11/naked-dating-trailer/
I can't figure out whether this is an implicit promotional pitch for nudism as a lifestyle or simply another lame commercial TV to be salacious with plausible deniability (i.e., it's not about sex, it's about how being nude makes one more honest -- stuff right out of the late 1960's human potential movement). Apparently this is just the latest in a "Naked" reality shows. The article points out that are the shows "Naked Vegas" (SyFy), "Buying Naked" (TLC), and "Naked and Afraid" (Discovery). So, "Naked Teaching" -- at the college level -- would seem to be a natural extension (though I think that "Naked Cheerleading" would be much, much more popular). Of course, one could argue for a reality show "Naked Psychotherapy" but clinicians already did that back in the day (one wonders if any of them filmed their sessions, especially the marathon nude encounter sessions). As this trends jumps the shark, I'm sure that we'll see the last desperate attempts to use the "naked" concept in weirder ways such as "Naked Cops" and "Naked Biggest Loser" (the weight loss program). I can't wait until the naked concept transitions to fictional series. I really want to see what a "Naked Fargo" would look like. 1/2 ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=37712 or send a blank email to leave-37712-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
