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Message # 8338.1.1 Subject: Re: Re: Influence of TV and movies Date: Fri 30/01/04 03:00:35 GMT Name: MK Email: wamtec@compuserve.com |
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I can offer you another theory....i.e. once the tv industry became aware that wam stuff was a fetish to some people...they embarked on a mission to "de-sexify" things so that most of the fetish aspects were neutralized. By this I mean...in the good old days you had gameshows where the girls got wet or messy wearing "normal" clothes....until somebody cottoned on to the fact that girls getting dunked, pied, slimed or gunged in normal clothing was attracting attention from the fetish folks. So these days...they neutralize normal clothing as much as possible on gameshows...i.e. by having the contestants wear unisex or gender neutral prison overalls or jump suits...and then they add the helmets, the goggles, the knee pads...and by the time they get done...they have virtually eradicated any possible sexiness or fetish interest that wam fans would have in watching the scene.
This is why shows like Noel's House Party in the UK are sorely missed...i.e. people in nice clothes getting wet and messy...and why the Italian shows like Scherzi a Parti are great too...cos the majority of wam tv shows these days mostly do things in a gender-neutral way or a grunge way.
Hey...I wish I were into prison jump suits and overalls...and had a fetish for goggles and knee pads...ha ha...cos thats all you mostly get on tv gameshows these days.
Thankfully....high class wetlook still exists on Italian tv today...and I wish they would bring it back in the USA and UK too....but political correctness now rules...i.e. and the rule seems to be...you cannot make a sex object out of wet & messy situation...you must neutralize the scene by having the girls dress down to dress like the men and appear as grungey as possible...
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In reply to Message (8338.1) Re: Influence of TV and movies
By Doug Dress2Splash - Dress2Splash@hotmail.com Thu 29/01/04 17:37:26 GMT Once wet clothing became identified as a fetish, it seemed to become taboo.
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By art - art3380@yahoo.com Thu 29/01/04 10:39:32 GMT I think one reason why there is less wetlook now than in the past is it was more acceptable in the 60s and 70s. In Flipper both boys routinely swam with cutoffs, and this had a huge influence. By 1970 swim trunks were on the market that simulated cutoffs, and it was not just guys that swam with cutoffs; it was very common for girls to wear cutoffs and a bikini top, as shown in On Golden Pond (Jane Fonda) and Promise of Love (Valerie Bertinelli); there was even a Pepsi commercial at that time where the girl wore cutoffs and a bikini top |
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