theweek.com — In a casting call for actresses, the makers of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie have said that women with artificially-enhanced breasts will not be considered for a role. According to the New York Post, interested parties will even be subject to a "jiggle" test to ensure their assets are real.
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cdnbmattMar 26, 2010
Who wrote this article?!A: There is no punctuation at the end of the first paragraph.B: "This sound enlightened, but likely isn't:" Sentence doesn't make sense.C: Keira Knightly is not even going to be in Pirates 4 .Now I am not saying that I am perfect, and would accept this from a private blog, but I would expect more editing and fact checking from a company that seems to try to be passing itself off as a reputable news source.
bleueMar 26, 2010
someone needs to post video for how a jiggle test is performed. Asside from the obvious entertainment value I'm genuinely curious about what this test entails. 'K miss, now if you'll just jiggle your breasts for us and allow my assistant here to look very closely at them while you do it...'Doesn't seem like a very reliable test to me.
Closed AccountMar 26, 2010
I'm generally a "to each his own" kind of guy, but fake breasts are something I will NEVER understand. I won't even say I DISLIKE fake breasts (aesthetically), but I do hate what they represent and what women who got them had to go through to get them. And the kind of psycological imbalance and social pressure they must have been subjected to get them to do such a thing to their bodies. Don't even contest this, in absolutely ALL but the extremest of cases (like the absolute LACK of mammary fat [which is pretty often due to some other cause], and let's face it, this are not the kind of women who ussually go to the surgeon for help), the defect lies in the woman's mind, and would be far better off treated in a therapist's office than in the OR. @Jules0: don't tell me there are "real women with a body image issue that are perfectly happy after their surgery and regain their self-esteem", because I could also point out there exist people who dislike one of their limbs and are very happy when they get them amputated. It's an extreme, but similar analogy (in the sense that NOBODY would think to treat these people in the OR, but rather in therapy).We are human beings, our nature is to be imperfect (or rather, DIFFERENT). It is the job of our parents to allow us a fairly normal psyco-social development so as to ACCEPT these individual differences from what the social norm may be at the time, and build a healthy self-image and self-esteem based on that. Ergo, to not have to mutilate our bodies in order to "feel good about ourselves".But I get that's hard to achieve, specially when you parents never took the time to be parents, and you hear comments from your ex'es saying how they like their new gf's better because they have bigger boobs. So putting the "blame" on the woman who doesn't feel good makes as much sense as blaming anorexics for their problems (after all, the 2 issues are different degrees of very related issues).But then again I'm an idealist, so what do I know?
sfrenchMar 26, 2010
Ladies, you're all welcome in my magic kingdom. I don't discriminate.
elranzerMar 26, 2010
Her adam's apple is real.
iridesceMar 26, 2010
I'll bet Disney could get their hands on the TSA scans of those coming for auditions.
larssonk22Mar 26, 2010
about 30seconds
Closed AccountMar 27, 2010
Trust me, you can tell theyre fake.If you dont believe me, forward me some pictures of your girls t**s and I'll tell you.
Closed AccountMar 27, 2010
I wish all of hollywood would do this.I hate fake t**s with a passion.Sure I prefer the look and feel of real boobs, but one of the main reasons I find fake t**s so unattractive has nothing do to with the way they look. It really comes down to the pyschology behind someone being so obsessed with their body they need to change what they were born with to "try" to deal with their insecurities.Thats a major turn off and I would never want to reproduce with someone like that.
robbiedoMar 27, 2010
but would settle for the role of "jizz mopper"....
amazingracerMar 30, 2010
Sogerms not just self-obsessive twits get breast implants.