WaxBellaAmours
The phrase "guilty pleasure" doesn't even begin to describe the late-night MTV show "Undressed", a horny and very kinky show about young, hot and very horny character's various sexual escapades. Given, as an American basic-cable program nothing got too explicit, but the show crammed in as many elaborate sexual situations and fresh young flesh that was permitted. (Some of that Young flesh included the O.C's Adam Brody, Brandon Routh from the ill-fated Superman reboot and, I'm not freakin' kidding about this, Mad Men's Christina Hendricks). In some ways I can't say the show was bad. The glossy look showed technical professionalism, and it did have some unusually creative set-ups to it's strictly libido-minded agenda, if never at all believable. It was also more diverse than other like-minded shows, with some topics dealing with the modern homosexual plight and the troubles of inter-racial dating. Though not they really dealt with those issues in a honest or realistic fashion. "Lord of the Rings" was closer to real-life than this. For all it's mock seriousness, it was ultimately extremely exploitive and very juvenile, busy but one-dimensional. None of it's elaborate scenarios led to anything particularly insightful.However, you can't say it didn't know it's target demographic well. the show was solely populated by people in the sixteen-to-twenty-five age range, all extremely nubile and with only one thing on the mind: sex, sex and more sex, in all it's various forms. Even the class geeks and mousy bookworms we're all very attractive and well-sexed. And it certainly bridged the gender gap by having both it's hunks and babes frequently strip down to their skivvies. Parents, tastemakers and homophobes could all be deeply offended. Perhaps it would've worked better on the stage. Given the histronic (actually I would just call it monotone) delivery of the actors to the mostly sterile sets where the outside world ceased to exist, it all felt rather silly and a bit uncomfortable on screen. I kept waiting for the laugh track was going to kick in (and some moments definitely deserved one).All in all, it was a pointless and exploitive experiment, essentially PG-13 porn/soap opera hybrid trying to play naught, but not surprisingly it was a remarkably addictive little pill of a show. You might have never gone out of your way to watch one of it's frequent marathons, but when you did come across it late one night you never changed the channel.
HHHerb_Smoker
At what point did society go from "wait until marriage", to "try and wait until the third date"? And at what point did MTV completely abandon the idea of music?At what time did MTV go from "music for everyone", to "let's teach the youth of our viewing audience to engage in sexual activities"?It is somewhat poetic that Undressed premiered in '99, because it brought us into the millennium with a window of just how perverted our society, our movies, or TV shows, even our video games, have become.What isn't poetic is the fact that this show is aimed toward teens, not encouraging abstinence; the show is considered a comedy?!Well, that's what our society, especially America, has become. A JOKE. A wasteland of sexual deviants and so many porn, and wanna-be porn stars that the internet is flooded with nymphomaniacs. Whether it is a site dedicated to showing you sexually willing men and women of virtually all ages from your area, to displaying themselves involved in sexual acts for everyone, including youth, to view. Undressed being, basically, "soft"core porn, featuring youth, being displayed to youth (as well as horny old men just watching and wanting girls like, I dunno- YOUR DAUGHTER? Noone really cares until it's their children whose innocence has been lost.)We've gone from "possibly by college", to 1 of 3 girls losing their virginity before 8th grade. 1 of 3. And who's to say that one isn't going to encourage the other 2 to become involved in the same activity? Maybe all 3 will sit and watch a show like "Undressed", and the odds will go to 3/3.The moral decline in our society, and depiction of it on TV, is disgusting, to the point where I feel like driving a rocket into space to destroy our satellites.Movies like American Pie, one that advances the idiotic belief that oral sex isn't sex. TV Shows like Elimidate, Blind Date, and other monstrosities, and monstrous specials like "Naked Dating". I don't date anymore. I'd sooner go gay than become a plaything of women nowadays. If you care about your children, try your hardest to prevent Undressed from being released on DVD, re-aired, or in any way resurrected from the dead.
odikysa
I have seen tons of undressed episodes, and i think that as a teenager, having a show that can explore so many different sexual inuendos is incredible. It is a great summer show to watch and can be very well written with really good music, and good characters.
poewar-1
For a show with no nudity, it manages to bust all of the television taboos except one. That's right, nobody who is even an ounce overweight need apply. You can have sex with a different race, different religion, same sex, different morals, but you can't have sex with a chubby, much less a fatty. That would be too taboo even for them.As for the quality of the show: Acting is Bad, The Writing is bad, and the plots revolve around stupidity and misinformation. Nobody with any taste would watch it. I tune in frequently.