MOVIE MAGIC by Joe Doe The movie was an important feminist statement. Even though it involved nudity, it was easy to get the most prominent women in the small university town to participate. The movie depicted a Communist military takeover in a foreign country. In the movie, the most prominent and attractive society women are herded together for "re-education" at a special government prison camp. This explained why all of the most prominent women in the university town were now standing together in a large barbed wire enclosure. Most of the women eyed the dozens of cameras that surrounded them nervously, uncertain about what exactly they had gotten themselves into. The director had set up the cameras carefully. Just as in the script, these were prominent, successful women, and the director wanted to record the reaction of women who were being "processed" for the first time. For the women, the worst part was the extras who were playing the prison guards. The director deliberately hired students and blue collar workers from the local community, so that the women would experience what the characters in the movie experienced: abuse and humiliation at the hands of men whom had recently been under their control. The director called "Action" and the "Camp Commander" barked his first order. "Okay, ladies! Strip down to your BIRTHDAY SUITS! I want all of you fine ladies BUTT NAKED. NOW!" The women nervously began to take off their shoes and unbutton their blouses. A few stalled by taking off their jewelry first, hoping desperately to delay the inevitable. Unfortunately for the embarrassed women, each "guard" moved in to supervise the disrobing of a woman that he knew. One college professor ended up stripping herself naked in front of two frat boys whom she had failed the previous semester. The female district attorney ended up undressing in front of a man she had successfully prosecuted for voyeurism just a year before. The female mayor disrobed in front of the janitor who worked at city hall. Several of the wealthy local socialites ended up stripping in front of the Mexicans who tended their manicured lawns. Several successful business executives were forced to take off their Armani suits in front of the gofers who worked in their mailrooms. A prominent surgeon was forced to shuck off all her clothes in front of the minimum wage orderly she had fired for spilling a bedpan. A prominent local CPA had to strip under the watchful gaze of her milkman. A local TV news anchor was forced to drop her underpants in front of one of the victims of her "ambush interviews." The university's varsity cheerleading squad stripped naked for the geeky members of the chess club. The director smiled. The male guards were terrific: they smiled, leered, smacked their lips, made obscene comments and gestures, and prodded the humiliated women with their prop guns when they didn't strip to their complete and total satisfaction. But it was the reaction of the women that made the scene come alive. A few tried to act defiant as they stripped, but most just blushed and trembled as their captors ogled them. It was clear that they weren't being stripped only of their clothes...they were being stripped of their dignity, as well. The Camp Commandant gave the signal, and the naked women were herded towards the high pressure hoses. After they were sprayed with freezing water, they would have to stand around shivering, watching in dismay as the hoses were hooked up to the huge delousing tank.... The most prominent females in the community would soon be clean as a whistle. The director ordered a few of the cameramen to zoom in on the faces of the naked women as they were lined up with their hands on top of their heads in preparation for their "shower." The looks on their faces were unforgettable! The director smiled. Real people were so much more convincing than actors. Edited by C. Lakewood