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My casting call for naked TV programme.

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Esspee Thu 09-Jun-22 13:26:41

Following on from the Naked Bike Ride thread, today I received an email casting call from Lost in TV for a programme called Naked Education.
They want to hear from me if I am “interested in releasing myself from the shackles of negative body image.”
Apparently participating in the programme will be a “liberating experience”

So fellow gransnetters, should I go for it?

P.S. I’m 73 and overweight.

Germanshepherdsmum Thu 09-Jun-22 13:27:59

Definitely go for it and let us know when you’ll be on tv!?

Luckygirl3 Thu 09-Jun-22 13:31:03

Love it! Painters adore a few wrinkles and a bit of flab ..... not that I am remotely suggesting that you have either!! grin

AreWeThereYet Thu 09-Jun-22 13:37:24

Perhaps you could get us all a part ??? Might be the shortest series ever.

Farzanah Thu 09-Jun-22 13:41:02

Definitely. Let people see what “normal” bodies look like, not air brushed, cosmetically altered, unrealistic and mythical perfect bodies.
But may be you are that perfect body Esspee ? in which case don’t do it and show the rest of us up!

Esspee Thu 09-Jun-22 13:42:51

Luckygirl3

Love it! Painters adore a few wrinkles and a bit of flab ..... not that I am remotely suggesting that you have either!! grin

Oh I most certainly do Luckygirl.

I demonstrate almost every negative aspect of old age from wrinkles to liver spots, senile purpura to thinning hair, flab to varicose veins. I am in excellent health though so perhaps I would be a reasonable example of a typical 70s+ woman.

Luckygirl3 Thu 09-Jun-22 15:02:59

Wear your blemishes with pride! I am covered in those horrid crusty things - seborrheic keratoses. I hate them, so it is just as well that no-one else has to look at them!

Sago Thu 09-Jun-22 15:41:56

I’ll tell my husband……they may want him for a small part?.

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

NotSpaghetti Thu 09-Jun-22 16:09:19

Not offering a "Good luck to you Leo Grande" experience then?

NotSpaghetti Thu 09-Jun-22 16:12:39

It's the Emma Thompson film which was shown at Sundance:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TJcbZoJFLTU

lovebeigecardigans1955 Thu 09-Jun-22 16:12:57

Give me a million pounds and I'll volunteer too!

nanasam Thu 09-Jun-22 16:13:32

Sago grin

Farzanah Thu 09-Jun-22 16:19:27

I think we should see others imperfections, then as a society we may be more accepting, rather than trying so hard to imitate artificially created images.
Humans are imperfect, they age, it’s normal.
I do life drawing and bodies are all different and wonderfully unique.

Esspee Thu 09-Jun-22 16:35:41

Luckygirl3

Wear your blemishes with pride! I am covered in those horrid crusty things - seborrheic keratoses. I hate them, so it is just as well that no-one else has to look at them!

Got them too on my face, couldn’t remember what they were called.

Esspee Thu 09-Jun-22 17:12:35

Anyone who feels they might like to apply please PM me with your email address and I’ll forward the email which has a link you will need to use.

BlueBelle Thu 09-Jun-22 17:26:11

I feel quite gamerous after all your crusty posts ???

AreWeThereYet Thu 09-Jun-22 17:31:52

Farzanah

I think we should see others imperfections, then as a society we may be more accepting, rather than trying so hard to imitate artificially created images.
Humans are imperfect, they age, it’s normal.
I do life drawing and bodies are all different and wonderfully unique.

That's all very well but how do you convince a generation that have been raised on TikToc and Facebook, who think that plastic surgery is the norm and would rather look like a cat than a woman??? I don't think us flaunting our seborrheic keratoses is going to convince them.

Esspee Thu 09-Jun-22 17:35:26

You are feeling competitive BlueBelle or do you mean glamorous? Either way you sound like the perfect gransnetter to take on the challenge.
We will all promise to watch and support you.

DillytheGardener Thu 09-Jun-22 17:37:33

Off topic but has anyone had one removed, I’ve a horrid one that sits exactly under my underwire. Rubs and bleeds. Sexy! Maybe I should go on the show. I have terrible spider veins and ‘hot water bottle rash’ too.

DillytheGardener Thu 09-Jun-22 17:37:54

*seborrheic keratoses removed I mean.

AreWeThereYet Thu 09-Jun-22 17:41:47

We will all promise to watch and support you.

With our clothes on ?

Deedaa Thu 09-Jun-22 17:43:22

Can't help feeling that this could be a liberating experience for us and a terrifying one for those filming us grin

DillytheGardener Thu 09-Jun-22 17:55:16

Deedaa ??

BlueBelle Thu 09-Jun-22 17:57:53

Oh no positively glam Espee no crusty spots or veins my legs are still a redeeming feature but I m sorry to disappoint but I wouldn’t even go on tv with all my clothes on let alone off ??

BlueSky Thu 09-Jun-22 22:35:23

No far too much revealing body and soul nowadays. I’m a very private person. Can’t understand that ‘Naked attraction’ programme, it’s the most unsexy thing I’ve ever seen!