Word: voyeurism
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...public relations (The Image Men by J. B. Priestley and The Fame Game by Rona Jaffe), not to mention high fashion (The Collection by Paul Montana) and publishing itself (The Center of the Action by Jerome Weid-man). Probably in this category, too, belongs Henry Sutton's The Voyeur, which he says is not about Hugh Hefner and the Playboy empire...
Unless one happens to be a voyeur, it is sexier to imagine plays with nudes than to actually see them. Sweet Eros is no exception to this rule, even though the naked girl (Sally Kirkland) in this off-Broadway one-acter by Terrence Mc-Nally is on view for almost an hour. The skin show is more abstract than erotic, and terribly sedate. The girl is bound to a chair and gagged most of the time, and initially clothed. Possibly the most exciting scene in this distinctly lethargic drama is the one in which she is undressed by her captor...
...butchery. On the left, two plump nude figures lie exhausted on a curious coffee table covered with mattresses and fitted with a mirror for self-viewing. On the right, two figures are ravenously devouring each other, while the mirror this time picks up the image of an attendant voyeur calmly chatting on the telephone. The work is by Britain's Francis Bacon, 59, currently being shown at Manhattan's Marlborough-Gerson Gallery. The new proud possessor is the multimillion-dollar Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, which already owns seven Bacons and cheerfully parted with an estimated...
...most couples would be stunned to learn that some one was watching. But in effect, the participants in the most intimate of human rites have learned in recent years that they may be the most studied, if not physically observed, of all mankind. The fact that the voyeur declares himself a scientist and wears a grave expression is not wholly reassuring...
...Ultimate Voyeur. So avid is his camera that anything goes at The Factory, his New York City studio. He wants to "show people honestly," says Ultra Violet, "whether they are homosexuals, drug users or drunks." He is accused of glorifying the ugliness he depicts, but Ingrid Superstar defends him. Says she: "He likes to sit behind his sun glasses and observe the world." If so, Warhol is the ultimate voyeur...