The First Nudie Musical

The First Nudie Musical was on television early this morning. 

It's a silly 1970s film that included (in non-nude performances) a few familiar faces, including Cindy Williams.  Perhaps her presence also led to a cameo of Ron Howard.  The other person I recognized (in a clothed role) is Diana Canova, who was also in the 1970s soap opera spoof, Soap.

The title basically tells the tale -- a lovable schmuck type who now runs his dad's movie business doing porn and is desperate for a profitable product. So, he decides to make a nudie musical.  And, we do get actual nudity, including 1970s hairy full frontal.  As usual, it is mostly feminine, though I think there was a bit of (blink and you would miss it) penis too.

The film as a whole is largely "straight" -- it is not a porn film or something -- and it is somewhat amusing if largely silly.  It also has a few songs and a couple decent production numbers. It's a good try, basically.  Oh, and Annette O'Toole dubs one of the songs.  

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Talking about nudity and silliness:

Transgender advocate Rose Montoya is no longer welcome at White House events after posting on social media a video of herself and two others going topless for a time at Saturday's Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn.

I don't want to handwave this too much since I have seen more than one GLBTQ advocate being upset about her doing it.  The press secretary (who is openly gay) put forth the official line:

Look, we’ve — as you mentioned, the statement that we put out, you heard from us earlier today, the behavior was simply unacceptable.  We’ve been very clear about that.  It was unfair to the hundreds of attendees who were there to celebrate their families. 

You have to know what you are dealing with here, including sitting senators pretending that putting a pride flag up somehow violated flag rules (in part by tweeting misleading photographs that crop out the flag on top of the White House, namely, a flag above the pride flag).  A question in that press conference cited those allegations as well.  

The "others" include a transman, but since no breasts are involved there, it isn't seen as so very horrible.  So, the NY Post only showed a picture of her. Also, "topless" actually involved her covering her nipples.  The amount of "top" revealed would be not much more than someone wearing a tiny top.  And, toplessness is not only common at pride events but has an added edge here, since you are celebrating being able to express who you are. 

I found the controversy a tad bit ridiculous.  But, again, you have to know the "rules" when you are an advocate.  She should know that something like that could be used by others and it was not really appropriate while on the White House lawn.  At the very least, if you are going to "promote" it that way with a video.  I agree with her (on Twitter) that she basically objectively didn't do anything wrong.  We aren't living objectively here.

She allowed herself to be filmed for a tiny bit topless with her arm covering her nipples.  It is unclear who was around to see it.  It was a brief thing.  Let's not have the vapors.  In a sane world, it wouldn't have been a concern at all. But, we don't live in such a world.  She as an advocate should know all about that. So, okay, criticize her if you want.

So, yes, she messed up.  I am not going to be APPALLED by it like some are making out it warranting. That isn't the only line you have to meet.  Advocates are going to sometimes make missteps.  Let's have a tad bit of perspective all the same. Unlike some responses that I have seen.  

You have to respect your hosts all the same.

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To add it, this might be the "video" (there is a shot of the "topless" bit) referenced.  I hold to what I say above.

I had the honor of attending @WhiteHouse Pride, the largest one in history where the pride flag flew for the first time. This is trans joy. We’re here at the white house unapologetically trans, queer, and brown 💕#foryourpride #pridemonth #whitehouse #potus #flotus #dcpride… pic.twitter.com/vpvgYPzH0N

— Rose Montoya 👑🌹 (@therosemontoya) June 12, 2023

And more: It looks like since Wednesday night or something she deleted both of the tweets though you can find the video where she defends herself on Twitter (repeatedly in crude tweets from critics).  Her feed now doesn't have either.

I guess that is a telling sign of what she should have done here.  One trans activist seems to have the right stance, saying basically "Yeah, it shouldn't matter, but it does, so she made a mistake." Noted in a backhanded way they admitted she was a woman. And, criticized those who post cropped photographs of only her "topless" but not the transman next to her.  Life is complicated like that.

Gay USA (which films on Wednesday) briefly referenced the controversy in this week's episode with the guest host criticizing her for not respecting her host. It was not a big thing though and guess that basically is the bottom line.

I still find the whole thing asinine.