Back then, nobody wanted to watch somebody taking a dump when they could see that without owning a set. They wanted to hear “Dyn-O-Mite!” and “Ayyyy”, not “Hey, I’m going to urinate now”.
“You know, Fox turned into a hardcore sex channel so gradually, I didn’t even notice.” --Marge Simpson
There is certainly less nudity today than the late 60s and the 70s.
And back then, boobs were rated PG.
Nymphomaniac was a foreign film and was not distributed widely in the US.
MY GOD, today you can sit through an entire slasher film without seeing any tits! What’s wrong with you people?
I don’t know. But I somehow suspect Shia LaBeuf will be involved on it.
Oh, come on! You know The Professor was all up in Ginger’s shit! The Skipper and his “Little Buddy”? They shared a hut, for Pete’s sake!
Ralph and Norton? Wife-swappers. “Bang Zoom, Alice!”
“I Love Lucy”? It’s right there in the title of the show! Where do you think “Little Ricky” came from?
On cable, and particularly premium, yeah, sure.
On network TV, nope. You can thank Janet Jackson for flashing her nip at the Stupidbowl for that. Shows like NYPD Blue were really pushing things then BLAMMO, Jacko’s little sis made everyone go apeshit insane and suddenly things had gone back like the envelope had never been pushed. There might have been some movement in the ~decade since (wow, time flies) but it’s still not even close to where it was before.
And no, it wasn’t a “wardrobe malfunction” or accident. It was obviously planned, given how the offending protuberance was lavishly adorned to match her costume.
With some of the stuff in Salem and like shows, I’m betting 10-15 years for basic softcore on open broadcast television.
This, really. There aren’t even a lot of “R” movies anymore, or what we would have considered “R” way back when.
Also, for years I’ve been asserting that, with regard to the amount of exposure that’s considered acceptable or appropriate, the great dichotomy between male and female plays a supporting role here. Sex scenes in movies just get stupid when the woman is nearly or completely nude while the man is completely clothed except for having pulled down his trousers just barely enough to whip it out. Granted, if they’ve been aching to jump each other’s bones for a long time, they might dispense with the formality of stripping down, but still. For many people it then becomes a question of why the woman’s body is on display while the man looks like he’s got somewhere else he needs to be just as soon as he finishes up here.
Cable TV does seem to be a little more realistic in this regard, though.
I meant, specifically wrt to nudity. OTOH there’s all the violence and gore anybody could ever want.