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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 12:10 am
Gail sighting!! And I agree completely!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 12:13 am
Actually the only stipulation on the teams told th Jessica was that Dick and Dani could not be on the same team. Luckily she split the teams the way she did.
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Tanzanite
Member
06-28-2005
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 12:24 am
People should just get naked.
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Bygdatty
Member
08-25-2007
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 12:39 am
Sunshyne4u, the girls don't always shower wearing bikinis. There's a Youtube of Jessica entering the shower in a black bikini which she then takes off and showers. So anyone on the crew who wanted to see her naked probably already has. This challenge was done for TV ratings. And to be fair, the houseguests didn't appear to have a real problem with it. In fact, the girls were hugging and Jessica was shaking her goodies for the camera. Although, I don't know who in the viewing audience gets excited over blurred nudity. Woooo! It was a stupid challenge.
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Zmanl28
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 12:52 am
It's against my nature to complain about a comp that involves nude women. In fact, the only thing I didn't like about the comp was all the blurring out. I was watching Jam like a hawk, hoping that the person responsible for the blurring may have missed something. That said, I did feel bad for Dan and Jam -- Jam because of her strongly held religious beliefs. However, I was surprised that as the comp progressed, none of them seemed self-conscious at all. It looked like they were all having a lot of fun. So, no harm, no foul?
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 2:30 am
true, it could have been worse. Can you imagine how awkward it would have been to do that Changing CLothes with the guys comp?? If the BB people really wanted to push the envelope they could have had coed teams. I'm sure jess was coaxed to do boyz against gurlz
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Mark13
Member
07-01-2001
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 5:10 am
There'a also a You Tube video of Amber coming out of the HOH bath tub completely naked. They did indeed shower in bikinis in years past, but at least a couple of them this year aren't fooling with it.
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Shopstomuch
Member
07-09-2007
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 5:16 am
This was one of the sleeziest ploys CBS/BB/AG have come up with. They wanted naked girls in a tub together. This was straight out of Hugh Hefner land and in my opinion it was shameful. I don't blame Dani for being upset about it at all. She was right (for once) that she has spent all this time changing under the covers only to have CBS dictate she has to compete in this comp... ridiculous.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 6:15 am
I agree- there was no reason to make them be naked for this, and yeah, it's harder for women to keep covered. Really...why? How did being naked have anything to do with the challenge?
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Mama2oliviamae
Member
08-16-2006
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 6:33 am
I wasn't surprised to see this thread so popular. Personally, I was not shocked nor offended by this comp. I thought it was all in good fun & aside from the weird-factor of having Dad & daughter, I thought it was a great comp! Granted, it was neccesary but still fun to watch and according to the HG, fun to do, too. There has been some talk about a "porn" attitude about the producers and camera men. Let's not forget that there are cameras EVERYWHERE! Shower stalls, toilet rooms, etc so it wouldn't be that difficult for the camera men/producers to get a free show if you know what I mean. Good entertaiment, I thought!
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Mama2oliviamae
Member
08-16-2006
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 6:35 am
Kaili, Are you asking about the logistics of the game pertaining to thier nudity? Each HG was wearing clothes (shirt, pants, shorts & wife-beater type, I think) with a letter on it. In order to spell out all of the words, they all had to take off each item of clothing-hence, the nudity. I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, I'm just explaining.
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Gail
Member
08-11-2000
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 6:38 am
I decided to go to the CBS Feedback area and left a complaint about this. I just don't think this was necessary and I feel this was done to exploit the houseguests.
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 6:40 am
They still could have been told to wear their bathing suits under the clothes with the letters on it. I don't have a problem with nudity, but I agree that it was not necessary for this challenge.
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Hobbs
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 10:07 am
Before the show aired, I was reading the live feeds and the HG's talking about the challenge and needing to be naked. It bothered me then, and it bothers me now. I would never want anybody telling me that I HAVE to get naked. I'm sure they could've said "no", but I'm also sure there was some sort of penalty. I agree it was done for ratings and not the jollys of the camera people and producers. But then again, some CBS executive perv may have insisted on it.
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Steviegirl
Member
07-07-2005
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 10:10 am
I agree that they could have had the girls wear bathing suits and the boys wear speedos under the clothes with letters on them. But at the end - where the girls were all lined up OUT of the suds and jumping up and down . . . well it makes me feel slightly less sorry for them.
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Tera
Member
08-10-2000
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 10:17 am
I keep reading 'done for the ratings'. Well did it help? I never know where to look for ratings. Wilsonatmd has always been very helpful keeping us informed. You there, Wilson?
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Rubyroo77
Member
08-13-2005
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 10:22 am
LOL Yes..the cameramen and crew are professional..that's why we saw the cameraman follow Jen's butt everywhere..yup..just her butt..that's professional! (youtube) I have seen some very unprofessional things this year on BB. The girls wear bathing suits in the shower- Mama.. I don't know how it could have raised the ratings when you couldn't see anything..How did it benefit the viewing audience.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 1:21 pm
Shops, ITA. Even though one or more of the girls said it was liberating, and even though they all seemed to have fun, well...those facts don't seem relevant to me. They should have been allowed to do the comp in their bikinis or underwear, especially since this show is on during primetime and not even in the 10 pm slot. This one incident has bothered me more than anything else on BB that I can remember. I see this as completely different than BB blurring a spot when some article of clothing is too high or too low or when the hgs initiate nudity themselves. This was cbs/bb orchestrating this peep show.
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Shopstomuch
Member
07-09-2007
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 1:45 pm
It really is sad and pathetic. I have never seen Survivor or TAR making their viewers get naked. I agree w/ what most have said... this comp could have easily had them wearing bathing suits under their clothes. It was supposed to be this "ohhhh naked girls in a tub porn moment" and it has backfired on CBS/BB because most of us are ticked off that these ppl were told to do it to begin with. Here is where I would have stood my ground and said "give me the penalty nom." To be honest, I have been kind of grossed out and what the cameramen do when they spot a HG disrobing or the possiblity of a nude shot. They pan in zooming wayyyy in on the HG and like w/ Amber bending over, just zoom as close in as possible. I mean, ok if the cameras are running and someone disrobes and the camera catches it... fine. But, to sit and zoom in on a persons privates? It's sick to me personally and shows their mindset.
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Bbcole
Member
08-27-2007
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 2:11 pm
I heard Daniele talk to Dick after the competition and she was very, very upset about the naked challenge. She said she spent 55 days changing her clothes under covers only to have to stand there naked in front of the others and a cameraman. Dick asked her if it made it more awkward because he was there. She said yes but more that she is very modest and felt very uncomfortable.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 2:44 pm
I am sure that there were many that would not have been bothered by it. I tried to think about my thoughts if I was put in that same exact situation. I don't personally have any issues with nudity or anyone's choice to use it. But that being said, I for one would have been upset about this being placed in front of me to do. It would have made me uncomfortable for a lot of reasons. I would be sitting there thinking, holy cow my gramma is at home watching this as a fan and she will not understand why I did this! (but that is me) Could I have said no, I am sure, but it is like a peer pressure to not let the team down or say no. There was no need for it, I don't believe that the ratings were for one minute boosted because they had naked blurred boobs. I think they have a better chance of boosting ratings by encouraging the drama or "spats" I actually think that if one of the girls had really pushed it (I am surprised that Jameka didn't, and I bet Kail would have) that the others would have gladly jumped in and said they were uncomfortable with it as well. They know for the most part what they are signing up for, such as the possibility of nudity in showers, etc. But this would not be on the "expected" list in ones mind. I wish the girls would have felt comfortable enough to be able to say no, I don't think so.
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Jennyrom
Member
07-24-2005
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 3:04 pm
I'm curious. There were 3 males (Eric, Dick and Zack) and 4 females (Dani, Amber, Jameka and Jess). Did they have to spell the same words? And if so, did the men wear extra clothes or the women less?
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 3:06 pm
I really can't think of another show like this. Usually there is consensual nudity, or there isn't. Here, most of the HGs take great pains to hide from the peeping tom cameras in the bedrooms and the showers. If they slip, they lose -- it gets posted all over the internet. If they don't -- they still lose, 'cause the producers will coax them to get naked as 'part of the game.' And to boot, this voyeuristic cat and mouse game isn't premium cable programming, but the flag ship summer program of a 'respectable' network channel. I can't say I feel 'offended,' but like most here, some of it strikes me as inappropriate. And while I am admittedly amused by the no holds barred nature of this show, I do find it a bit bizarre that something that is so prurient and exploitive would be sanctioned by CBS - esp after the Janet Jackson Superbowl incident - and that the conservative media hasn't made a big stink about it (at least to my knowledge)
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 4:07 pm
Just watching last night's Showtime and Jessica said she just realised her family had seen her naked on tv and she sounds embarrassed and sad. someone said she'd have been blurred but that didn't seem to cheer her up. That's why it's not fair - at the time they feel pressured and it seems ok, then later they think about it and regret it.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 5:41 pm
That is the exact reason it would have bothered me to do it. You have some warning about the shower thing, etc but this? Unfair
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 5:57 pm
I finally watched the show with the nude comp. It was inappropriate, and meaningless to ratings. It was not on Showtoo, not on the internet, and of course, not on the TV show as the privates were blurred. So, who was it for?
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 5:58 pm
Such a useless, silly nude challenge, just for the BB crew... As a player I would have objected and the heck with the clothes... cheap stuff anyway.
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