From films and books to cartoons and beyond, nudism has found its way firmly into the zeitgeist over the years. If you’re like us, you might be more than a little obsessed with tracking its various representations and stereotypes. We decided to switch things up a little bit for this week’s#UndressedThread and put together a little trivia quiz!
Ready to test your knowledge? Let's get to it. 🚀
“Nudism in pop culture” trivia quiz
(Answers are at the bottom of the post)
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Discussion
Are you aware of any other movies, shows, or books where nudism is portrayed?
Is nudism’s representation in popular culture mostly accurate, misleading, or somewhere in between?
Drop your thoughts in the comments! We look forward to hearing from you. 🪐
(How did you do? Share your % score in the comments)
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7/10. I don't know my authors or physicists very well.
As far as other pop culture examples go, I kept thinking I wanted to write about the character Minami from the Netflix show Million Yen Women, who stands out as one of the most well done examples of a nudist character, but it turns out I already did back in 2018: https://reflectedgaze.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/worth-a-million/
I will also add, since Tommy is in the banner image, the episode of Rugrats where all the babies give nudity a try and Tommy gets into it is burned in my brain as one of the best early examples of nudism I experienced.
7 of 10; never been much of a "pop culture" guy. I remember Shel Silverstein Playboy special, from when I would occasionally buy a Playboy and read it furtively: I always wanted to see if there were hints of naked full-frontal men, and I was excited at his cartoon with the caption, "Are you really going to draw us naked full-frontal?" - but the cartoon was from the knees down!
Family Guy, the family meets a naturist family, while it’s mainly a good example of naturist/nudist life, it’s a comedy so....
Smokey and the Bandit 3, without Burt Reynolds sorry ladies, Sheriff Buford and Junior stumble into a nudist resort. Junior tries it, his Daddy makes him leave. Comedy again, so they make fun of nudism/naturism.
It seems most of the time, nudism/naturism is used in mainstream media to either be a comedy piece, is used for the shock factor, or worse, to be titillating. None of which truly represents what Naturism/Nudism is about.
Dr Seuss wrote at least one book where public nudity was the theme, plus one other featuring nudity in his art works.
It’s been half a century since I read it, but perhaps Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land was nudity positive.
There was a young adult book in the forties or fifties about two Polynesian teens who were bound together naked in a canoe and set adrift to die on the open sea. They managed to have sex. Author & title long forgotten
For non-fiction, read this 12 year old’s auto-biography - Miss Ulysses from Puka-Puka (2nd edition) by Florence (Johnny) Frisbie and perhaps the works of her father which are too pricey for me.
Typee, by Herman Melville
The Autobiography of Jack London, chapter on surf boarding in Hawaii
50%. Oh well. But Shel Silverstein was a Playboy cartoonist at the time. He started writing children's books later.
70% not terrible at least.The cartoon questions got me.
8 very lucky guesses.
7/10. I don't know my authors or physicists very well.
As far as other pop culture examples go, I kept thinking I wanted to write about the character Minami from the Netflix show Million Yen Women, who stands out as one of the most well done examples of a nudist character, but it turns out I already did back in 2018: https://reflectedgaze.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/worth-a-million/
I will also add, since Tommy is in the banner image, the episode of Rugrats where all the babies give nudity a try and Tommy gets into it is burned in my brain as one of the best early examples of nudism I experienced.
80% missed two
Not well!! However - the knowledge I get from reading Planet Nude helped me to choose most of the correct answered that I did choose. 😊😊
7 of 10; never been much of a "pop culture" guy. I remember Shel Silverstein Playboy special, from when I would occasionally buy a Playboy and read it furtively: I always wanted to see if there were hints of naked full-frontal men, and I was excited at his cartoon with the caption, "Are you really going to draw us naked full-frontal?" - but the cartoon was from the knees down!
80% - missed the first question and the physicist question. Fun! Thanks for putting this together.
100% maybe I spend too much time online reading about nudism
50%. Guesses where mostly wrong. Only knew about three of these. I need to get studying.
50% the only ones I KNEW were Helen Mirren, Peter Sellers, and Benjamin Franklin. Got lucky on two others.
8 of 10.
I got 90%; only missed question 1, but 3 and 9 were guesses.
Missed 1,3,and 5. Oh well.
Family Guy, the family meets a naturist family, while it’s mainly a good example of naturist/nudist life, it’s a comedy so....
Smokey and the Bandit 3, without Burt Reynolds sorry ladies, Sheriff Buford and Junior stumble into a nudist resort. Junior tries it, his Daddy makes him leave. Comedy again, so they make fun of nudism/naturism.
It seems most of the time, nudism/naturism is used in mainstream media to either be a comedy piece, is used for the shock factor, or worse, to be titillating. None of which truly represents what Naturism/Nudism is about.
I got 100%, but I was guessing about #1, & #5. Guesses count!
I got 2 correct
Dr Seuss wrote at least one book where public nudity was the theme, plus one other featuring nudity in his art works.
It’s been half a century since I read it, but perhaps Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land was nudity positive.
There was a young adult book in the forties or fifties about two Polynesian teens who were bound together naked in a canoe and set adrift to die on the open sea. They managed to have sex. Author & title long forgotten
For non-fiction, read this 12 year old’s auto-biography - Miss Ulysses from Puka-Puka (2nd edition) by Florence (Johnny) Frisbie and perhaps the works of her father which are too pricey for me.
Typee, by Herman Melville
The Autobiography of Jack London, chapter on surf boarding in Hawaii
There are many others