The Rose's Grove

So, I have to say that despite my love of the three previous movies (see icon, from the day maymargaret and I dressed up in Pirate costumes to see the second movie) I have absolutely zero interest in this fourth movie that they're making to try to squeeze more money out of continue the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. So... chalk that up to a previous bias. I can just only take so much crass commercialism and "OMG MAKE MORE!!!" before I get sick to my stomach and swear off whatever thing is dancing around doing the consumer-whore polka. But... I don't even know what to make of this.

Disney says no to fake boobs in 4th Pirates movie.

Um. What?

For one, I'm slightly worried that we're going to apparently be seeing enough of someone's boobs (presumably more than one person, even!) that we need to worry about this. There's some comment in here about diving and swimming... okay, fine, but that much? Aren't diving stunts usually handled by stunt people, to begin with?

And then there's the moral issue. I'm all for encouraging movies back toward not demanding the sort of unnatural ultra-skinny faux-boobs faux-tan botox-faced Photoshopped plastic actresses who seem to be all that we see on TV and movies these days. Yayyy, that's a good thing. But, um, I don't think you can legitimately get that by making casting calls even more a meat market for women's bodies.

All I can say is that I'd really like to see a movie try to cast men for naturally big wangs and see how far it gets them. "Oh, I'm sorry, no stuffing! We're going to have to search you all to make sure there aren't any implants, falsies, or pairs of socks shoved down your speedos!"

Just picture that for a moment. Feel free to include whichever of your favorite actors you like, while you're at it. I'm sure that's what the casting directors at Disney are doing with the actresses, after all.