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Talking You'll never see opera and ballet the same way again ...

Or at least, you'll possibly be thinking inappropriate thoughts the next time you see a Royal Opera House production. (Besides, that is, the usual thoughts like, 'Why did I pay so much to see this ****?', or, 'Are they really doing Swan Lake again?')

New Royal Opera House charity calendar

My copy is now hung above my desk. I ordered it online yesterday afternoon, and it arrived this morning. Naturally, the female side is the one facing me (for those interested, there are chaps in the raw on the reverse of each month ).

I'll say only this: the month of March can't come quickly enough ...

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* runs away in a circle *
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Phil, why would you run? Can you not see that look in Catherine Ladd's eyes? (She's March, BTW.)



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a lot of people don't get the difference between art and porn
i'm not offended in the least by odalisque

but
this is porn

unbelievable
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Believe me, Maureen, this really isn't porn. Just a tried and trusted way to get people to part with their money for a good cause.

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You wouldn't think that the Royal Opera house would have to do that for money though. :sad2:
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You wouldn't think that the Royal Opera house would have to do that for money though. :sad2:
It's quite common here in the UK for organisations to pose naked for a charity calendar.

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I think they should have Photoshopped in some flabby bits on those dancers. Lord knows they haven't got any.
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I would call more sexploitation than porn - there is no justifiable connection between the flesh-pics and the works being performed. Personally this says 'weak and empty productions without merit of their own' to me Maybe the ROH feels they need to reposition themselves as the Crazy Horse?
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if it gives me the notion to pull away the drapery
and have at er...
it's porn

(especially since i'm not so inclined)

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