Performers who take off their clothes

[¤I Love Clay Aiken¤]

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
yea but the controversy has turned more people to boycott him than buy him

Thats true. Usually it seems to work to their advantage somewhat, but since hes been through this amongst other things (baby dangler), it changes things. But as for Xtina and Britney stripping to their skivvies.. that may be 'negative' publicity, but its still publicity, and theyll take all the publicity they can get. They want to be in the public eye, they need to. If they didnt want to make headlines, they wouldnt strip. Pushing the envelope focuses on them. Cept now stripping isnt such this big deal anymore, and for them its become kind of routine.

[jamesanthony]

Originally posted by ¤I Love Clay Aiken¤
Thats true. Usually it seems to work to their advantage somewhat, but since hes been through this amongst other things (baby dangler), it changes things. But as for Xtina and Britney stripping to their skivvies.. that may be 'negative' publicity, but its still publicity, and theyll take all the publicity they can get. They want to be in the public eye, they need to. If they didnt want to make headlines, they wouldnt strip. Pushing the envelope focuses on them. Cept now stripping isnt such this big deal anymore, and for them its become kind of routine.

Those girls get a lot of press for their strip tease acts. Michael Jackson has a cloud of child molestation accusations hanging over him (with male children which the culture considers one of the uglisest things to be accused of) so it's no wonder he's losing his following while Britney, Christina etc aren't. R Kelly has been accused of underage relations but with girls not boys so the culture hasn't backed away from him. It is a double standard but that is the way the culture is now.

[musicradio77]

Originally posted by jamesanthony
Marvin Gaye used to strip down to his briefs in the early 80s Sexual Healing era when he was in his early 40s so this stripping thing isn't limited to young performers. I saw a picture of him in a biographical book and his pants were at his knees- he looked silly.

I know that! Marvin Gaye did stripped his clothes during his last number of "Sexual Healing" except his underwear stayed on until the show was over. That was on the "True Hollywood Story" on E! at one time.