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Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Pride & Plumage: Sergey by Richard Rothstein
'This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.'
Theodore Roosevelt
Last year on the fourth of July, I presented a series of powerful images of Sergey from photographer Richard Rothstien. The images presented Sergey, an immigrant, a gay man, a drag queen showing his pride in pursuing his own personal American Dream. The images represented the colorful sparkle that lives inside each and everyone. America the beautiful, my America, standing for that which is great about America: freedom, human rights, human dignity, diversity, inclusion and equality.
Sergey's American dream continues and last month, he spread his wings at a special Pride celebration event at TherapyNYC. Pride of country has to goes hand in hand with pride in self, and a country that doesn't open it's arms to everyone, as we currently see, is only at half flight. Sergey's wings however remain in full horaltic pose and like the eagle that soars, the phoenix that rises, the wings represent the hope and the power that goes hand in hand with being who you are and living your dreams, American or otherwise, to the fullest.
The Price of Freedom is High. And it’s a Price I’m Willing to Pay.
'America doesn’t hand you things on a silver platter. Sometimes all she offers is hope.'
Captain America
If you search 'Captain America' on FH, you'll see several depictions of the Marvel superhero. One of the most popular Caption I featured however, has to Noah, (above) be the painted superhero from the Fremont Solstice Parade. (HERE:) Noah wasn't the only hot hero to strip down and have his stars and stripes painted on. I couldn't think of a better day than today to feature a few more, and if you scroll down, a little bit more of Noah, this time, in action, roller skating by.
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Tom Cruise: ACTORS & Skin
Tom Cruise has got his fair share of grief over the years, including from me. But I can't think of Cruise without thinking about what an impact he had on my sexual awakening. Except for taking my nephew to Edge of Tomorrow, (2014) and going on a date to see War of the Worlds, (2005) I stopped getting excited over, or even watching a Cruise movie since the late 1990's.
I remember however, seeing Top Gun at the theatre when I was just a kid. Even though I would have only been around ten or eleven, the volleyball scene, (Playing With the Boys) and Tom in his tighy whities left their mark. A few year later, when I was a little older, I replayed scenes from Top Gun over and over on our VCR. That was of course, until I saw some of his older movies, including All The Right Moves.
Through much of my late teens, it was herb Ritt's images of Cruise, playing in the ocean in his wet undershirt and jeans that sparked many a masturbatory fantasy. I was always on the beach on a towel watching and of course the soaking wet Cruise headed my way and... well, you know. It wasn't just his body it was that face, especially in profile, I loved Tom's nose and in my mind, it played a big part in his appeal.
Tom by Herb Ritts
As I got older, and Tom got older, my crush certainly dissipated. I still enjoyed his movies, especially A Few God Men, Interview With The Vampire and Jerry Maguire, but between the rumors about his marriages, the Scientology, jumping on Oprah's couch and his comments on mental illness, the bloom certainly came off the rose.
In hindsight however, I think I was a bit unfair. For a time, Cruise was the movies biggest movie star, and whatever was going on in his personal life had to be full of unimaginable stress and pressure. I also tend to think many of those drawn to religions such as Scientology do so out of pain, and deep sense of longing to belong. Tom has also always come across as a kind man, of course I don't know, but if anything, off screen, he leaned more towards the boring than the controversial.
Top Gun (1986)
I'm glad I watched Born on the Forth of July, Tom put in a great performance, one of his best. It also reignited what it was that I first attracted me when I was a kid As.Ron Kovic. the paralyzed in the Vietnam war vet, Tom powerfully shows the range of emotions of a man who fought for his country, yet a man who feels betrayed by the country he fought for.
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
There was a nude scene in the film, a brief shot of Tom's butt, and some patients in the hospital. I added them here, and not in the SKIN part of the post below. The scenes aren't meant to titillate, Tom and the other patients are being cleaned, and cleaned out, and more a part of painting the picture of the time and the circumstance. Check out all of the rest of Tom's nude scenes in PART 2 below.
Tom Cruise: Actors & SKIN
'Well, if she has to be naked, I’ll be naked, too'
Tom Cruise
Endless Love (1981)
Viewers got there first glimpse of Cruise skin in a brief, but rather forgettable scene in the 1981 Brooke Shields film Endless Love. Around the same time, Cruise took a bigger part in the Timothy Hutton led Taps. Hutton, fresh off his Oscar win for Ordinary People was a big star at the time, so Taps ended up being a great vehicle to help launch Cruise's career.
Taps (1981)
Tom had a shower scene in Taps, and although you saw a wee bit of butt crack, it wasn't exactly sexy given their were kids included in the scene. It was however, his first official scene of movie skinning, so has to be included. We saw a a little bit more crack more recently in two scenes of Tom mooning in 2017's American Made, but although he's often shirtless, Tom's pants have for the most part remained up and buckled since the 80's.
American Made (2017)
Far & Away (1992)
Although Tom showed very little in 1992's Far & Away, it was actually one of my favorite of Tom's nude scenes. This was Tom's first film with then wife Nicole Kidman, his second, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), an erotic drama that although showed nudity, none of it from Tom, Far & Away was actually far more sexually stimulating for me. Although we saw very little, just like Kidman's character Shannon, we were hungry for a peek behind the curtain and what was hiding under that glass washing bowl.
Jerry Maguire (1996)
I loved Jerry Maguire, and Tom was at his most romantic. I wasn't a fan of the black briefs, but there was a quick or you'll miss it, dark, but memorable butt shot.
Risky Business (1983)
One of Tom's most popular movies, Risky Business (1983) is actually one of my least favorites of Tom's early films. He does have a lightening fast butt scene on the stairs, but hardly worth stopping and pausing. More pause worthy, even more so than his underwear dance, was his early morning tighty whity scene (above) in his bedroom.
All The Right Moves (1983)
Tom's only frontal was in 1983's All the Right Moves, and as you can read below, we have actress Lea Thompson to thank. We can sadly though, also thank her for the film having just one, not two possible views of Tom's tuckus.
When Cruise heard Thompson didn’t want to be nude multiple times in the film, he took matters into his own hands and spoke to the producers himself. “Tom managed to talk them out of one of the [nude] scenes,” Thompson said. The remaining nude scene required Thompson to appear topless. Cruise stood up for the actress again when he told producers he would also go naked if Thompson was required to do the same. “In the second, he said, ‘Well, if she has to be naked, I’ll be naked, too,’” Thompson said. “That’s pretty badass! I’ve always been grateful to him for standing up to the producers.”
IndieWire
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