Playpowerment

I see in the news that NBC is putting out a melodrama set in a Playboy club.

The thinking behind such a drama is not hard to guess. If you want to
have an excuse to squeeze lots of pretty actresses into lots of skimpy
outfits, you have to come up with an excuse simple enough for a
television executive to understand: so you pitch a show about lifeguards
at a beach, all of whom are in bathing suits.

If someone has made a crime drama where all the undercover
under-twenty she-cops are beauty queens, or cheerleaders, or Hooter’s
waitresses, that show would probably get the green light also. I propose
someone should make a series about the shadowy world of international
espionage and catfight-jello wrestling among lingerie models. The show
could be called VICTORIA’S SECRET AGENT.

What I find uproariously amusing, if pathetic, is the following
statement by the toothsome damsel who is one of the stars in the show. 
The young beauty is named Jenna Dewan-Tatum.

She tells PR.com, “Like it or hate it, the Playboy bunny
is iconic. I think it’s a beautiful, sexy, womanly outfit. I also
believe that by today’s standards, we are wearing a lot more clothing
(on the show) than most bathing suits and bikinis out there!

“What I love so much about the Playboy bunny costume is that it
creates this hourglass figure when you wear it. For somebody like me who
has to work hard to have my curves, it’s nice to wear something that
helps me out a little bit, gives me that corset and gives me those hips.
As soon as you put it on you feel empowered, you feel sexy and you feel
womanly. There are very few things I’ve worn in my life that I can say
make me feel more like a woman.”

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