Probably my favorite example of on stage nudity has to be from RENT, when Maureen moons Benny and Mr. Grey during La Vie Boheme. I've even considered going to see an actual performance of RENT in person since it's become a bit of a tradition for Maureen to bare her butt at that moment.
Besides Idina Menzel's original performance as Maureen where she did this for the first time, I LOVE Edin Espinosa's performance from 2008. She gleefully yanks those jeans down and shows that big white naked butt and slaps it to mock them.
Ms. Espinosa once did
an interview that I found online where she talked about how embarrassing that scene was for her, especially when it was filmed for the official movie of the Broadway play.
This is what she had to say when the interviewer asked her about playing Maureen:
Quote:
BWW: She's also more...revealing...than your other roles. How was that?
EE: That was not fun! I had conversations with Michael Greif and the dance captain about it and they were like "Look, people do whatever they're comfortable with." Sherie Rene Scott barely pulled her pants down. The actress playing Maureen that was there before me pulled them down, ran over to Mr. Grey and bumped him. I mean, her pants were DOWN! I saw that and was like "Do I have to do that? I don't know about that, guys..." So I did what I did, and it was very uncomfortable for me. Two of your cast members are right there, not to mention the entire band and the entire right side of the house. So then just to get my mindset out of it and not be thinking "Oh my God, they're staring at my ass!" I started slapping it. And that's where the slap came in. It got easier, but it never was comfortable.
BWW: And then you had to do it on camera...
EE: You know, I asked the director what the shot was going to be, and he told me it was going to be the shot from the house, meaning in my head "Oh great, side view. No problem." And then I saw it in the movie theater with the entire cast and right there, bigger than life! I gasped so loud because I was not expecting it! People were texting my dad, "Oh, I saw your daughter's ass." And he's like "Don't tell me that!" Ugh. What can you do? It's there for everyone, forever. [Laughs]
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https://www.mirrored.to/files/MQRNW1...ast).mp4_links