(Indeed, given the limitations for on-screen nudity for anything but an HBO show and the general dearth of Girls-type sex scenes, it is genuinely shocking to see so many smash cuts of unremarkable genitals and normal-looking bodies.) Detractors note that the set-up – a person closely examining and critiquing someone’s body on the basis of attractiveness – is inherently objectifying and harsh. But the basic premise remains constant: how would you date if you selected solely for physical attractiveness? Proponents argue that Naked Attraction offers a welcome dose of body neutrality in a television landscape saturated with image manipulation and aspiration, that it destigmatizes lumps and bumps and “ideals”. Over its six seasons, the show introduced some variations on the formula – different sexual orientations, a couple searching for a third. Next, their torsos, then face, then voice – one unlucky contestant eliminated per round based on the picker’s preferences – until the remaining two prospective dates and a now nude picker stand in a triangle of potential chemistry for a final assessment the final couple then go on a (clothed) first date. The six prospective partners are evaluated first on their lower halves (genitals included, generally with commentary on grooming habits and, of course, size and shape in one episode I viewed, the picker was delighted by a “willy dance”). Pickers are summarily introduced and then sent to possibly the most un-erotic set of all time: a harshly lit room with potential dating options delineated by the neon colors of a children’s carnival. Either way, it has people talking.īad faith criticism aside, the show is indeed a strange mix of uncanny bluntness and discomfiting superficiality, at least to my American eyes. The general reaction online has been somewhere between shock, fascination and confusion. Trollish conservative pundits have blasted at as immoral and decadent – “the natural outcome of a hedonistic society where the only thing that matters is the sex instinct,” according to Ben Shapiro, who I am loth to quote. Since the show’s six seasons landed on Max last month, it’s become an object of consternation, curiosity and clear obsession it’s topped the service’s most-watched list for two weeks.Īnd not without controversy – predictably, the Parents Television Council, one of several US media watchdog groups, has deemed the show “pornographic … a new low” and demanded that it be removed from the service. Such tameness, at least on network television or in the US version of Love Island, is at odds with the unsentimental frankness of Naked Attraction, which has unsurprisingly rattled American viewers upon its arrival to US streaming.
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