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There were motionless nude models back in the '30s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill_Theatre#Windmill_Girls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill_Theatre
by crtasm 6y ago
There were motionless nude models back in the '30s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill_Theatre#Windmill_Girls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill_Theatre#Windmill_Girl...
"...made possible by convincing Lord Cromer, then Lord Chamberlain, in his position as the censor for all theatrical performances in London, that the display of nudity in theatres was not obscene: since the authorities could not credibly hold nude statues to be morally objectionable..."
There's a fun biopic about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Henderson_Presents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Henderson_Presents