Okay, this is an article I never thought I’d write.
But last month, we published an article on the mechanics of all the sex and nudity in the Starz show Spartacus: Blood and Sand, including the news that much of the male nudity involved the use of a prosthesis, or fake penis, which the producers had hilariously dubbed “the Kirk Douglas.”
It’s been one of TheTorchOnline.com’s most popular articles ever.
People are interested in sex online. Who knew?
Given all the fascination with Spartacus‘ eyebrow-raising sex and nudity, we figured our readers might be interested to know that in this Friday’s episode, “Whore,” Spartacus himself gets fully naked.
It also strikes me as somewhat significant.
Frankly, it absolutely stuns me. In my previous article, I specifically predicted that, despite all the male nudity, the show would never have their lead character be frontally naked — that American audiences wouldn’t stand for seeing their virile male hero so “vulnerable.”
This Friday, American audiences are going to see him naked whether they like it or not. (Apart from the nudity, it’s one of the show’s best episodes so far, and Spartacus’ naked body is at least somewhat important to the plot, which involves the gladiators being whored out to noble Roman women.)
It’s worth noting that while the character of Spartacus is naked, the actor who plays him, Andy Whitfield, is not. In an interview with Chelsea Handler on Chelsea Lately, Whitfield said they’d used a body-double on the show, but that “They had to search the world for the right … size.”
I was certain he was joking, that they’d never show such a character completely naked. But he wasn’t.
Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised: the show has already gone many, many places where I also didn’t think they’d go, including the orgy scene two weeks ago, last week’s castration scene, and the many shots of star Lucy Lawless topless.
But I am still surprised. There is officially nowhere this show won’t go. There’s never been anything like it on mainstream television.
The scene in question is admittedly a “distant” shot, and the character himself is hidden behind a mask (another important plot point).
But it’s also clear that for the character of Spartacus, they did find a body-double with the “right size.”
Or maybe the body-double who plays Spartacus in the scene used the “Kirk Douglas” prosthetic penis?
Frankly, I’m waaaaay too embarrassed to ask.
But I’m not too embarrassed to feature the uncensored screencap (warning: NSFW!).
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How ironic: in Greco-Roman a small penis was seen as a sign of male beauty, while a large penis was seen as barbaric and comical…
Time to scratch ourselves behind our ears?
How ironic: in Greco-Roman culture a small penis was seen as a sign of male beauty and thus preferred above a large penis - which was seen as barbaric and comical…
Time maybe to scratch ourselves behind the ear?
The maintenance of this series on the present shocked me, especially the end (as well as the end of 11 series). Probably, the present life of Romans also was such: pert, with the latent desires and presence of possibilities from to realise.
This show is complete crap! It’s nothing more than soft core porn and that’s all its is. I gave up on it 5 episodes in. The acting is horrific, other than Hannah and Lawless. The writing is pathetic, especially the ridiculous vulgar dialogue as if it was written by a 12 year old. The fight scenes are among the worst I have ever seen.
The only reason people are watching this show is for the nudity. Look at all the facebook comments on the fan page. 90% of the women can’t make a comment without referring to the male nudity and many of them are extremely vulgar about it. Shows a lack of respect women have for men these days.
And what’s with all the penises in the show, yet they can’t show a vulva. They talk about being groundbreaking and showing things you have never seen before in terms of nudity, but I have seen plenty of movies and shows with penises. I have NEVER seen a vulva in a movie or show. If they want to stop losing so many male viewers they will show some graphic female nudity instead of showing us merkins. If a graphic shot of a penis is ok, then so should a graphic shot of a vulva.
Who cares about seeing boobs all the time. Boobs are the only thing any movie or TV show will show of a woman, meanwhile we see the entire male full frontally and backside all the time. You could go back to shows like OZ, Queer as Folk, and movies like Zack and Miri, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Walk Hard, and many, many others, but never with a woman. This show doesn’t show anything but boobs on the women.
The show is just a little too homoerotic for me, and many men have stopped watching for the same reason. Cut back on the oiled-up men and male nudity a little and show some graphic female full frontal without just pubic hair and maybe we will start watching again. And enough with the ridiculous vulgar dialogue that sounds so juvenile. More fight scenes with less CGI.
College tuition to prepare you for a career in writing: thousands and thousands of dollars.
Photoshop: a hefty sum of cash.
Having your boss ask you to make a screencap of nekkid Spartacus: priceless.
Exactly what part of “one of our most popular articles EVER” did you not understand? ;-)
Hahah, too true!
Ohhhhh boy. Lots of shocked fanboys this Friday.
I love this show!
Clearly it’s not cold in that bedroom.
Okay, this article made me laugh.