Villain, thou know’st nor law of God nor man.
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity.
The quote above is spoken by Lady Anne to Richard, accusing him of cruelty. He cleverly turns it into a syllogism to argue that his lack of pity therefore proves he is not a beast, but in so declaring, he exposes his uniquely evil nature.
As you’ve probably guessed by now, this film is a re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Richard III. It takes place in today’s Berlin. Original title: “Kein Tier. So Wild.” In this iteration of the story, Wicked Dicky Three has now been awarded good posture and transgendered from Richard to Rashida.
As the feud between the powerful Arab families, York and Lancaster, shifts from Berlin’s streets to the courtroom. Rashida, a lawyer from the House of York, ends the gang conflict with a violent strike against the Lancasters. Despite her efforts, she remains marginalized as a woman in a patriarchal world, denied the title of queen. Determined to claim power, she manipulates, seduces, and destroys her adversaries. However, as she ascends to authority, Rashida faces the trauma of her war-torn childhood. Her rise to power ultimately leaves her ruling over a desolate kingdom, reflecting her inner devastation.
To quote another famous English author, “Bah, humbug.”
She has done some nudity in the past, but it has been modest. I don’t think Verena has done a scene even vaguely comparable to this.
2013 – CopStories s1e5
2015 – CopStories s3e9
2017 – Die beste aller Welten
2022 – Maerzengrund
American films should have nudity at this level
To again cite the Bard of Avon
Just avoid big Hollywood studios and you will find it. In the western world, big Hollywood studios have consistently always been the stingiest with nudity. Since the 80s, most of their revenue and profits came from cable tv. These huge companies only care about the bottom line and when they make huge profits from broadcast tv and basic cable, they’re fine with that. They put practically no nudity in those areas, but made huge money because they had a virtual monopoly on tv viewing. They control most content in movie theaters too so they keep nudity down there as well.
They put some nudity in the premium cable channels, but charged a hell of a lot more for those. So nudity was attached to very expensive content so it was never to be gratuitous (free). The cable companies then put on ridiculously expensive porn on pay-per-view where they keep 80% of the price. Making huge profits on cheap porn is a big win for them. These companies rely on this money in their quarterly statements so they aren’t going to give it up easily.
Cable tv is a dying enterprise, but it is still around and still very profitable. The subscriptions decline about 5% every year. The Hollywood studios are transitioning to the very competitive streaming arena where they won’t be able to be so stingy, but they will manage this process over many years so they don’t cannibalize the lucrative legacy cable business too much. Since just about everyone else is trying to steal viewers away from Hollywood, they are never as stingy with nudity.
A rare sight – bald but still pretty hot.
Mostly share your ‘Bah humbug’ but if they’ve got nothing, at least they’re learning to steal from someone good. This isn’t so much “walk before you run’ as “squirm before you crawl”.
REALLY nice body