$4 per Second. If you go see the Broadway production of The Graduate, you will be paying $4 for each second that Kathleen Turner is stark naked, according to this NYT article.
The author of the article claims that there are very few reasons to see this production. The acting is so-so and it generally does an injustice to the film. The review bothers me because he starts off assuming that the 20 seconds of star-studded nudity is the only reason anyone is seeing the production. Granted there is a lot of hubbub, but it seemed he was calling those people shallow, when it reality that is the one interesting part of the play. Maybe he was playing the nudity up to point out how little the play offers, but it still struck me as condescending.
I would have rather seen The Produces anyway.
04/06/02 9:33 AM
i guess you can look at the 4 dollar thing as a piss poor anecdotal lead. later on, the writer steps away from the issue and writes a pretty colorful review.
and what' s up with jason biggs rocking the six pack? watch out soft core porn.
04/06/02 10:16 AM
I agree, but I still think there was something demeaning about the whole thing.
04/06/02 1:46 PM
Personally? I saw The Graduate a month ago, and thought it was excellent. My mother saw it 2 weeks before I did, and didn't think it was that hot.
Just goes to show two things: one show is never the same or as good as the next, and everyone's got their own opinion.