Male Full Frontal Nudity ll: Michael Pitt and Zack McGowen; The Rainbow Detective Agency by Ryan Field

Here's another post, revisited, from 2012 that I wrote about male full frontal nudity in films. Again, it's one that receives a lot of hits to this day...through searches...and it seems to be a topic of interest to more than a few people out there. However, the main reason I'm posting it is because we're up in Vermont for the weekend, the wifi is questionable at best and I'm posting from an iPad.

The most notable thing about male full frontal nudity in films is that not much has changed in three years. But there are many things in Hollywood that don't seem the change. Last night Tony and I were watching a movie on Netflix and the straight main male character was middle aged, overweight, and not very attractive at all. He was butthurt ugly. And yet they gave him a young, gorgeous female wife. I turned to Tony and said, "Just once I'd like to see Kathy Bates get a hot young husband in a film for a change."

I also think it's interesting how TV watching has changed in only three years. Back then we were still watching cable with all the premium channels. Since then we've dropped them and watch mostly Netflix now...or streaming.

Regular posts will resume tomorrow.




I find it interesting that actor Michael Pitt...who happens to be one of the best actors in Hollywood with or without his clothes...did a full frontal nude scene in a film called "Dreamers" (2003) and he also starred in "Boardwalk Empire" when it first launched. In fact, he was the only reason I bothered to watch BE in the beginning, and then they killed off his character and I'm only hanging on now by a thin thread (which has nothing to do with male full frontal...the storyline's just not keeping my interest).
As far as I know, Michael Pitt did not do any full frontal nudity in BE. Which is slightly disappointing because he did such a great scene in "Dreamers."  You can watch the entire scene here. I often wonder if some actors do certain scenes at the beginning of their careers in order to get recognized, and then never do them again once they are established. Tom Cruise did more than a few scenes without his clothes, so did Brad Pitt. I don't think either one ever did full frontal, but they showed plenty in the beginning and haven't showed anything since then. This tells me that there's no limit to what some people will do for a buck in the beginning, and art has nothing to do with it...and I'm not one to judge nudity in films or TV shows. I actually think nudity, when done well, adds to the artistic reality of certain scenes and there's nothing dirty or obscene about it. Kind of like nude models in drawing 101 freshman year of college. At first it's a little awkward, but after fifteen minutes the nudity isn't an issue anymore. I've been to plenty of nude beaches in my time, and I felt awkward at first about stripping down to nothing. But it didn't take long before it felt perfectly natural.
In any event, another more recent male full frontal nude scene was done in "Shameless," by actor Zack McGowen. In this case, the full frontal nudity did add to the artistic quality of the the scene in which he did it, and that show is so reality oriented I think it's like cheating if there aren't a few nudes scenes. It also added to the popularity of Zack McGowen, which stands to reason because male full frontal is considered so taboo. What he had between his legs was nothing to be ashamed about. You don't see a nice one THAT nice every day of the week, in real life or on TV. Here's a link to photos I can't post here where you can see it in all its glory yourselves. 

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The Lost Romance: When A Man Loves A Man; Male Full Frontal Nudity In Cloudburst the Movie; Bryce Williams and Sexual Orientation

The Lost Romance Novel: When A Man Loves A Man

In 2014 something interesting happened. I submitted a romance novel to my publisher titled, When A Man Loves A Man, that was part of the Glendora Hill series and I moved on to my next project and deadline.

However, this week I was going over books for a new author web site we're building and I couldn't find When A Man Loves A Man anywhere. Not on any web sites, from Amazon to the publisher's web site. I even posted about it here, with an excerpt, and then forgot about it.

So I went through my e-mails and contacted my publisher, and sure enough after enough searching we found it. Evidently, while the book was waiting for a cover it somehow got lost and slipped through those proverbial cracks. I can't blame the publisher because I'm as much at fault. I should have remembered and I should have been on top of it. That is part of my job as an author and I'm usually very good about it.

In any event, I'm thankful we found out what happened to the lost book and When A Man Loves A Man will be released this week. If you notice, that title wasn't by accident. There's a singing cowboy in this one because I rarely ever see a man sing a love song about another man. I wanted to make that change in this book, because this character is not only an openly gay singing cowboy who sings love songs about gay men, he's also a country western singer who has a decent following. Of course there's the love story, which is the main focus.

I'll post excerpts tomorrow here on the blog.  I think this is a good example of how authors without agents need to keep really good records and files. And never delete an e-mail. You never know when something like this might happen to you.  If you save everything, and back it up with e-mail a few times, you can always go back and figure it out.

I also found my keys this week.

Male Full Frontal Nudity In Cloudburst the Movie

The other night we finished a two week Orange Is the New Black binge on NetFlix and that's a really tough act to follow. While looking for something decent to watch after that, we found a movie titled, Cloudburst, starring Olympia Dukakis and Ryan Doucette. The general story line revolves about an elderly lesbian couple who've been together for over 30 years and one woman's granddaughter wants to put her into a nursing home. Because gay marriage wasn't legal at the time, these two women have no rights whatsoever and the granddaughter can do whatever she wants. And, she does.

Without giving any spoilers, the woman in the nursing home sneaks out with the help of her longtime wife and they set out on a road trip to Canada to get legally married. And on the way there they pick up a hitchhiker who is probably one of the best looking men I've seen in a film in a long time. This part is played by Ryan Doucette, and there are more than a few revealing photos of him in the film. However, there are a few full frontal male nude scenes with another actor who plays a small part that lasted longer than any full frontal in any film I've ever seen before. Good ones, too. You'll rewind a few scenes, trust me.  

In any event, here's a link to the wiki page, and, with or without the full frontal nudity this film is so excellent it can stand on its own anywhere, at any time. You will not be disappointed.

Here's a link to Ryan Doucette's web site, which is simple to navigate and you can read more about Coudburst and his other projects. There are a few great youtube videos up where he does stand up comedy and takes off all his clothes. I don't know if he's gay or straight, and I don't really care, but I found him interesting because he's the kind of character I'm always trying to write about in books.

Bryce Williams and Sexual Orientation 

I was out of the office all day yesterday and I heard about what happened in Virginia on the radio while listening to traffic reports. Throughout the day, I would check my phone to read updates and the story just kept getting worse. I can't even imagine how horrifying this must have been for everyone involved.

And now there are reports surfacing about Williams' sexual orientation, which shouldn't matter at all, but it is part of the story, too:

ABC published portions of the document, which reveal Williams’ claim that one of his motivations for the shootings was the mistreatment he felt he received for being a gay black man.

You can read more here. Regardless of his race or his sexual orientation, there was something seriously wrong with him. His sexuality shouldn't matter; his race shouldn't matter. He took their lives and ruined countless other lives in the process. There are no good excuses for what he did to those innocent people.

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The Scottish Duke

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Another NYT Piece on Amazon; Fifty Shades of Dick; Dick: The Documentary

Another NYT Piece on Amazon

Last week there was a piece in the NYT about Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and how Amazon treats employees. It was so aggressive (for lack of a better word) that Bezos actually responded in public, which he never does. And now here's yet another NYT piece by some other know-it-all, about Amazon. Granted, this one is an op-ed piece.

A previous generation of Americans could count on a social compact; if you stuck loyally by a company, it would stick by you, providing you with a good job and a decent retirement. Long ago, loyalty fell by the wayside, and longtime employees learned that their loyalty meant nothing when companies “downsized.”

He failed to mention that it was only one previous generation that could count on "social impact." Generations prior to that lived and worked under the most horrible conditions imaginable, and in ways no one would ever work today. If you can manage to sift through this piece, you'll find more things that could be questioned.

Then there's this:

Of course, Bezos didn’t have to build Amazon the way he did. He could have created a culture that valued employees and treated them well. But that would have required him to care about what somebody else thought. Fat chance.

I guess this guy has some kind of inside information the rest of us don't know about. And he knows how to get inside Jeff Bezos' head. All that aside, this piece is exactly why I NEVER read the NYT anymore.


You can read the rest here. But you've been warned. There's this annoying bot voice that starts talking the minute the page opens and you can't figure out where the hell it's coming from, which only makes the NYT even more annoying than usual.

Fifty Shades of Dick

The dick part of this has nothing to do with the NYT. That was an accident. I'm not referring to anyone at the NYT as "a dick" because that wouldn't be PC.

In any event, here's a humorous piece from Jezebel about male full frontal nudity in films that I somehow managed to miss.

 The sad news that Fifty Shades of Grey will not feature any full-frontal has left many of us devastated. Fear not, however! Jezebel is here to pick up the rubble and distract you with the 50 best (theme, you see?) peens you can see on-screen. Trust us, these pictures will make your mood rise.

Some of the photos are NSFW, and so tread with care. However, I think you'll be looking to rent a film called American Reunion fairly soon after seeing that one photo.

Here's the link.

Dick: The Documentary

I really hate to keep talking about dick with part of this post being about a NYT op-ed piece, but this one looked interesting, too.

Whether positive or negative, women's body parts receive a lot of attention in the cultural conversation. Recently, 100 women stripped down to talk about their boobs. Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj focuses on the buns, hun. And, while some women struggle to accept their thighs, others turn to the labia library to confirm that, regardless of what porn depicts, their own lady parts are very, very normal. Men's body parts, on the other hand, go relatively undiscussed — at least in any thoughtful manner. And then, lo and behold, along comes a documentary dedicated to that misunderstood member of our society: the penis. Dick: The Documentary is out today online, and the plot is simple: 63 naked men share their innermost thoughts about their dicks. And, many of them may surprise you.

I will be watching Dick: The Documentary and commenting on it in the future.

You can check that out here. 

I've been posting about this for years. There really aren't many thoughtful discussions about the penis, or male full frontal nudity in films and TV anywhere. There are a lot of funny tweets. I tweeted some of them myself. But not much legitimate discussion. 

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The Scottish Duke

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Free Gay E-book: Guy With Two Penises; Ryan Phillippe's Nude Scene: Catch Hell; Fifty Shades of Dick; Jobriath First Openly Gay Pop Star

Free Gay E-book: Guy With Two Penises

For Memorial Day Weekend, I'm offering the latest book in The Rainbow Detective Agency series, A Guy With Two Penises, for free. It's on sale now at allromanceebooks.com, and at most other web sites where e-books are sold. The only place it's not free is Amazon...I wish I could do it for free there, but they won't allow it unless I sign an exclusive. And I believe in distribution far and wide with any book.

So here's the link to Allromanceeebooks.com.

And here's one to Smashwords. 

The sale runs until Tuesday.

Ryan Phillippe's Nude Scene

The other night I saw that I'd recorded Catch Hell on DVR, starring Ryan Phillippe. I'll admit that I don't follow Phillippe much and I don't know much about him, but according to what I've read he directed and wrote the film, too.

I liked it. I wouldn't call it Oscar material, but it was a good film for what it was and I thought it was a fast two hours. But more important, there was one of the most unlikely gay scenes I've ever seen in a movie. To be honest, I was kind of hoping it would happen, and it did happen. And if you want to take this to a deeper more meaningful level, I think it's something that could happen given the circumstances, the mentality of the characters, and the setting. I also do follow some celebrities on social media and I always find it interesting the way they travel around to do certain films on location.

And then there was the brief nude scene with Phillippe.

Ryan Phillippe directs himself in his new film Catch Hell--though we think it'd be more aptly titled Catch Heaven based on the presence of Ryan's bare ass!
 
That being said, the subject matter appears to be quite dark based on these stills, so we'll just proceed without further comment. 

I'm not going into a full review, but I liked it and I would recommend it if you're looking for something different. It's one of those movies that don't get too much attention, but deserve more...think the opposite of Fifty Shades of Grey. 

You can check out the nude photos of Ryan Phillippe here. I think it's SFW.

Fifty Shades of Dick

This, of course, is parody. It's a compilation of photos from movie scenes where there was male full frontal nudity or bulge. 

This is a compendium of the most important bulges and full-frontal peen that one can see in films that are available on Netflix and at their local Redbox. Some I knew, some my Jezebel colleagues helped me with, and some were complete and delightful surprises.

The biggest surprise was that this took me more than four hours to put together.

It's from Jezebel so I'm assuming it's SFW, but don't quote me there.

You can check that out here.

Jobriath First Openly Gay Pop Star

I honestly never really thought about who the first openly gay pop star was, and I still think there are some who might dispute this...you never know. However, this is what one article is claiming.

If you’re unfamiliar with the colorful, tragic story of cult entertainer Jobriath, you can’t be blamed. Before the glam rock performer arrived on the music scene with nearly unprecedented hype only to crash and burn almost immediately, he’d already lived a colorful life in which he’d been a child piano prodigy, appeared in Hair, gone AWOL from the military, arrested and confined to a psychiatric hospital. He was eventually signed to a lucrative contract and surrounded by incredible hype as the next big thing and, as a testament to the burgeoning sexual liberation of the era, he never attempted to conceal his sexual orientation.

I never heard of him. The article/interview is fascinating and long, and you can read the rest here. 

There's more about Jobriath here, at wiki. Interestingly enough, he was born in the Philadelphia area, not too far from Bucks County where I live.


 

Male Full Frontal Nudity in Films; Actors Who Have Done Full Frontal Nudity; Hot Man At Philly Art Museum

Male Full Frontal Nudity In Films

When I come across these things, I like to post them for other people who find male full frontal nudity in films appropriate at times, and also because some of us think it adds more to a film's story line. According to this site, it's all perfectly legal and done with consent.

Not to be completely weird, but do you ever feel like you’re constantly watching art house films and premium cable shows that show a lot of naked women, but nary a naked man? It’s probably because there still is a lingering stigma against presenting the male form in all its glory on film. That said, there are plenty of great films and television shows that feature famous actors (like Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, and Viggo Mortensen) in full frontal nude scenes. In fact, many of these titles are so great that you should watch them anyway — the nudity is just a bonus! Oh, and you can stream all of them. It’s no big deal!

Here's a link where you can find out more.  I've already posted about some of these films and like the paragraph above states they are worth watching with or without the full frontal nudity.

Actors Who Have Done Full Frontal Nudity

This is a fairly recent article, and that's the main reason why I'm linking to it now. Since I last posted anything about male actors who have done full frontal nudes scenes a few more have been added to the list. Ben Affleck for one. I'm always on the fence about him, and only because he's always so vocal about political things that I may or may not agree with. But as far as his films go I'll admit that I've rarely seen a Ben Affleck movie I didn't think was excellent. Or for that matter a Ben Affleck nude scene.

It seems that male nudity makes both women and men uncomfortable, but we barely bat an eyelash when we see naked women in films (or on TV). And it's no wonder we're desensitized to female nudity: it's practically a regular occurrence on the big screen, while we rarely get a chance to squirm in our seats at the sight of an undressed man. 

As usual, the comments are also worth reading. One woman really nailed it with this one:

Women like to see naked men on TV and are tired of having to watch naked women in every movie, especially if they are watching with their boyfriends . It really makes me upset that you just started the article out by generalizing women as a whole and your dead wrong .

You can find out more here.  

Hot Man At Philly Art Museum

It's hump day, so why not celebrate another hot man. This time it is 27 year old fitness model, Geoff Peirce, and it happened at the Philadelphia Art Museum, a place I'm familiar with because I live in what's considered the most northern part of the Philadelphia area...Bucks County. Only I didn't know about this:

Not since Rocky have we been so interested in the steps leading up to the Philadelphia Art Museum. OK, that’s a lie, we weren’t that interested in Rocky to begin with.

But there’s no denying the appeal of this impossibly fit beast of a man who was snapped getting his sweat on recently.

You can check out the photos here. It's worth the bait to click this time.  And it's all SFW.

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The Guy With Two Penises

In this third book in The Rainbow Detective series, Proctor and Blair take on a case that involves blackmail, kidnapping, and a handsome young guy with two perfect penises. The guy with two penises is a public personality, and the wealthy client who hires Blair and Proctor is willing to pay a huge sum of money to keep the guy's two penises a secret.

As fascinated as Blair and Proctor are with the guy who has two penises, there are dangerous, unexpected twists in this case that put them in grave danger. And the fact that they are in love with each other doesn't make working together any easier. It's the kind of peculiar double penis case that will not only test their love, but also test whether or not they can continue working together.

Will Blair be able to grow up and meet Proctor's professional expectations? And will Proctor ever be able to get the guy with two perfect penises out of his head?

Ben Affleck Full Frontal Male Nudity; Actors Who've Done Male Full Frontal Nudity; Rick Owens' Catwalk Full Frontal Nudity

Ben Affleck Full Frontal Male Nudity

I know it's not important in the grand scheme, but sometimes things don't have to be rocket science to make people curious about them. In this case I'm talking about the full frontal male nude scene with Ben Affleck in Gone Girl.

I saw the film about a month ago, loved every minute of it, and the full frontal nudity is the least of the film. I liked the movie so much I didn't even care about Affleck's penis once I was ten minutes into the story line. But frankly, I didn't catch a glimpse of Ben's penis and I felt a little cheated. So I had a few spare moments this weekend and looked it up...the scene in the movie, not Ben's penis.

This is what I found:

8. You may be tempted to focus on the ass. You cannot. Instead, shift your attention to the furthest-left part of Affleck’s thighs. This is where it will appear. We are close now. Can you feel the anticipation? The moral rot? It is a great thing to feel these things communally at a movie theater.

9. Lo, it appears, in the bottom-middle of the frame, emerging briefly from behind Affleck’s thigh like Tom Cruise’s similarly curious dong in All the Right Moves! We have dick! We have the Affleck dick! Pop some Champagne! Kiss a baby! Tell Julie she’s going home alone tonight! WE DID IT, AND WE DID IT TOGETHER. (Did what? I don’t know.)

The rest is here. It's actually very entertaining.

Actors Who've Done Male Full Frontal Nudity

In keeping with the full frontal male nude scene in Gone Girl, here's a link to another article that lists 13 actors who have done full frontal nudity. It's the most current I could find. You don't see these things often because there isn't that much male full frontal nudity out there. It's an interesting subject in many ways. And I think it goes deeper than just the old double standard excuse. In other words, I don't think I've ever met a woman who was self-conscious about her vagina. At least I've never heard it discussed aloud. But I have met men who were so insecure about their penises it ruled their lives.

It seems that male nudity makes both women and men uncomfortable, but we barely bat an eyelash when we see naked women in films (or on TV). And it's no wonder we're desensitized to female nudity: it's practically a regular occurrence on the big screen, while we rarely get a chance to squirm in our seats at the sight of an undressed man. 

I never looked at it that way...that we're desensitized to female nudity. But I think my theory about penis insecurity is something to think about, too. 

You can read the rest here, and see who did full frontal. What's really amazing is some of the films are older, like one Tom Cruise film. And Tom hasn't shown his penis since then.

Rick Owens' Catwalk Full Frontal Nudity

And here's a piece about designer, Rick Owens, doing an unusual kind of male full frontal nudity with male models on a catwalk.  It's a brand of peep hole fashion, with the peep holes in all the right places.

The front row may have been the worst place to be at Rick Owens' Paris menswear show today.

The designer - who's been dubbed #d***owens by Twitter wags - sent men down the catwalk out in loose hanging, draped smocks with one very particular detail - groin peepholes, treating fashion fans to the sight of model manhood in all its glory - as part of his autumn/winter 2015 show.

While for some of the gentlemen the outfits sat so low their modesty was protected, others weren't so lucky and one chap wore a top which, due to the unfortunate crotch-level cropping, gave the world an X-rated eyeful.

You'll find photos and more here.

I think this is the kind of male full frontal nudity that's interesting in an artistic way. It's not blatant, and yet it isn't trying to pretend the penis doesn't exist...like they do everywhere else.

Side note: Notice how emaciated the models are. That can't be too good for you.

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