Hollywood is not only demonstrating its moral deficiency, but also their bankruptcy of creativity.Īccording to The Wrap, a news site that covers the entertainment industry, cable programming executives are "being flooded with pitches for naked dating shows." One producer said that he has already seen a dozen naked dating pitches come across his desk this year. They might as well have naked welding or nude alligator wrestling. The show about couples buying a home in the nude should be an insult to even the most avid advocate of pornography. Sex Box - Nude couples in soundproof boxes talking with therapists. Born in the Wild - Nude pregnant women giving birth in the woods. Naked Vegas (Skin Wars) - Nude body painting. Buying Naked - Nude couples making real estate transactions. Naked and Afraid - Unclothed castaways strolling around on an island. There is at least five other programs that also feature gratuitous nudity. It amazes me that producers can find people who agree to take part in what is a thinly veiled soft-porn production. It is much like any other reality dating show, except the contestants show up in their birthday suits. One of these shows is called Nude Dating. The people are in the buff, with the naughty parts blurred out or blocked from view by selective editing. They don't actually show full-frontal nudity in these basic cable shows.
The nudity is purely added as a titillation factor. The key word to focus on is gratuitous-it has no good reason for being there. The programming for several new shows contain gratuitous scenes of nudity. One recent low in morality caught my attention because it shows how lackadaisical we've become about decency.
TV ethics are draining away like the sands of an hour glass. Back in the 1950s moral sensitivity made it taboo to show anything that could be seen as crude in nature. When broadcast networks first set-up standards for decadence they were followed as closely as the programming scripts. I was shocked when Terry and I drove across Oklahoma, and we passed at least eight Indian casinos.Īnother area seeing rapid moral decline is television. The sin of corporate and state backed gambling started when Nevada legalized it in 1931, giving Las Vegas and Reno a monopoly in casino gambling. There are some sins, that have had explosive growth from the day they gained a foothold in our nation. It was only interrupted briefly by the financial crisis of 2008. Once prohibition was ruled to be a failure, the consumption of booze rose for the next 60 years. The temperance movement of the early 20th century created a 20-year decline in the consumption of alcohol. We've had some brief periods where reform would cause a rebound, but the improvement would eventually fade and the downward trend would continue. For decades, the moral standards of our nation have been locked in a relentless decline. Hollywood's New Trend: Gratuitous Nudity and ProfanityĪs end-time signs go, immorality is one the best tools for measuring prophetic progression.