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LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT

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Actors - and by this term I mean both men and women - are practiced in the art of subverting their own character and values to become other people entirely. Of challenging personal boundaries and limitations. And there are times they must do things, as a performer, which they might otherwise never have the guts to do in real life. Like getting naked in front of a group of people. For myself it seems like it would be both a terrifying and yet tremendously liberating experience to completely let your guard down and - literally - exposing yourself physically to other people while on stage. But nudity alone is only a partial challenge. How about being sexual? And I don't mean in a pornographic setting, where we watch strippers and sex actors performing sexual acts, I mean being sexual in the performance of a role in a "mainstream" theatrical presentation. Not simply doing the act, but putting an artistic meaning and interpretation behind it. Talk about "