Thread by @bluemagicboxes

Fine. I will just say it publicly. If you plan to make him wear a tank top, please do not shoot a pool scene.

It does not look hot. It looks really cringe. And like. I get it that there are censors about this but you don't HAVE to shoot a pool scene.

https://twitter.com/A_Fuckingmaniac/status/1661417976619491328

And like. I know the context here is that he wasn't swimming in the pool. He was walking next to it and she pulled him in.

But the way this was shot, it was supposed to be sensual and steamy. And sigh. It's not. It's just an indication and you are SUPPOSED to feel that this is -

Hot. Like you are relying on the audience who have seen other pool scenes in international contexts to fill in the blanks here. This image, in and of itself, does not have any sexual appeal.

And do I think it's weird that professional actors cannot do on screen what boys do -

At Lahore's neher ie swim shirtless like normal people? Yes. Hella weird. Idk what PEMRA is trying to protect and from whom because 16 year old girls are writing intense smut fanfics or Meerasim on wattpad. And the literal premise of the show that these two are not having sex.

But like. I beg shoemakers (geo television) to like... think about the aesthetics of these things a little bit.

Just because a pool scene is steamy in international contexts does not mean you can do a heavy handed thing here and expect the audience to imagine it looks hot.

Or idk. Have the bravery to do a shirtless scene. Push that boundary a bit.

Because even in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, men are allowed to take off their shirts when they jump into a water body.

*show makers

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