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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHotlympics! The 50 sexiest male athletes in London
http://wheelr.tumblr.com/post/27937753079/hotlympics-the-hunks-of-london-2012
Samples:
And 47 more
msongs
(67,478 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)monmouth
(21,078 posts)CTyankee
(63,926 posts)And I am the proud grandma of 5, soon to be 6, grandkids...
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)So you can "pause" at the good parts!
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)Soderbergh is a strange filmmaker. I don't go to his movies so I was a newbie at this one. It has a "removed" quality to it. Sorry to go all artsy-fartsy on you, but you do become aware of the fact that the male stripper routines are in fact choreographed (and, you learn later, by a woman at that...).
It is interesting. There is great dancing and some good acting. But it is a long movie and some of it moves slowly. I wouldn't recommend it just for a fast thrill...but a longer glance, yes, it has something to say about that "underworld" and also about what it is about our society that people work for a pittance to be demolished socially and financially...
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)world and sort of sanitizing it with a typical formula. The guy from True Blood...can't think of his name...he plays a guy who devolves into drugs and prostitution, from what I've read...how did they handle that?
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)system, that is the problem Soderberg is dealing with. I wouldn't call it "sanitized" at all. It is pretty gritty in one sense. The only way it isn't is with the choreography since you are aware of real artistry at work and it is terrific. But what is wrong with that? Can't art be real and vice versa? While I don't think the choreography alters the situation that much (because so does the camera if you think about it) it does give it a strange beauty.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)But doesn't Chance Tatum (is that his name) have a fairly normal relationship in the movie?
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)spoiler here...so I'll shut up now...
lunatica
(53,410 posts)And I'm certainly not offended.
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)Now they might be...
treestar
(82,383 posts)Men may as well be subjected to it, too.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)While they won't be outraged at the idea of hot olympians, your post will give them a chance to scoff, I'm sure.
mythology
(9,527 posts)More the fact that if a thread was started based on a slideshow of attractive female athletes, there would be likely be objections due to objectifying of the athletes.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)Painting any group with a broad brush doesn't help the discussion. It was using any excuse to provoke an attack on feminists.
There is a large difference between objectifying someone and admiring a photo of a person.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)people.
Most folks understand that it's perfectly natural.
EX500rider
(10,885 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)Mother Nature designed it that way
one_voice
(20,043 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)vaberella
(24,634 posts)Also and one guy from the Italian Archery team.
riverbendviewgal
(4,254 posts)Wow....and thanks for posting these gorgeous men.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)There are tons I can think of who didn't make it. Where are the American swimmers and rowers?
Merlot
(9,696 posts)from the lister: "This list favours my tastes and panders to my types. Its not meant to be your list. Its not meant to be everyones list. Its just my list."
The pictures are great, but the comments are fun too:
43. Andre Vonarburg
Rowing, Switzerland, 34
Another tasty chunk from the people who brought you Toblerone.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)As opposed to the Nordic Stud appeal.
Logical
(22,457 posts)KokoBWarez
(1 post)Oh I forgot, it's ok to objectify men because it's better to objectify men AND women than it is to stop objectifying women. Gotcha.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand *BOOM*
That was my account being insta-banned because I have a penis, and as Zardoz says, the penis is evil.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)*yawn*
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)it's important for liberals to have hobbies.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)...Is it getting warm in here?
AnnieBW
(10,472 posts)I think that I'm going to be watching a lot more water polo and fencing...
William769
(55,148 posts)Do you know how many people were chastised for similar posts like this in the LGBT Group?
How can anyone be upset with such beauties? Not me!
Sometimes do we not only need to stop and smell the roses, we also need to stop and take in the sights!
JI7
(89,283 posts)then i remembered these are the top athletes and most of us look nothing like that.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I look just like that 2nd guy.
Well, maybe sort of.
OneTenthofOnePercent
(6,268 posts)Prism
(5,815 posts)I actually haven't spent any time staring at the men because I'm looking too forward to what the author will say each time.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)But, I have to say, for an international event that photo collection is a little heavy on the Anglo side.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)thanks for sharing. made me smile.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)For an encore look see.