Brad Pitt As He might Soon Appear On Your TV Screens
X-Ray TV is Launched
High Definition TV, which delivers a picture up to six times clearer than regular television,
is causing a sensation in Hollywood. For the first time, in high-def, viewers can see
the stars as they look in real life, including their facial flaws and acne scars.But if
today's celebrities are concerned about HDTV, wait until they hear about X-ray TV.
QEK has learned that the Institute of Broadcast Science and Technology in London,
England, has perfected a new display technology that enables viewers to see through
the clothing of any person who is positioned in the center of the screen. Dr. Sydney
Worthington-Smythe, the Institute's director of research, development and strategy,
says the effect does not work on actors displayed on the left or right hand sides of the
screen. However, he says the lab has found a 98 percent success rate when someone
is in the middle of the screen."We first tested what we now call 'X-ray TV' three years
ago with one of our male lab assistants in a home video," Dr. Worthington-Smythe told
QEK. "We were all pleasantly surprised - not just that the technology worked, of course,
but that our lab assistant wore boxers instead of briefs. We all thought he was a briefs
kind of guy."Since the initial test, Dr. Worthington-Smythe said the Institute has
improved the technology so it will work on any TV program or movie regardless of when
it was produced.
Unlike today's HDTVs, X-ray TV does not require the show to be filmed with a
special camera."For instance, we recently watched a 1968 repeat of The Avengers
starring Diana Rigg and were absolutely stunned to discover that she wore no
undergarments at all," Dr. Worthington-Smythe said. "We concluded that she
felt the undies inhibited her karate kicks during the show."Dr. Worthington-
Smythe estimates the cost to produce one X-ray TV would be approximately
$48,000 today. He says he has contacted several TV manufacturers about
mass producing the set, but has found no takers thus far. "They keep saying
that people on the telly wouldn't like it, but we believe they should think of
the viewer," he said. "After a long hard day at work, you could come home
and see your favorite actor or actress without any clothes on. It would be
better than any reality TV they have on now...It's a terrible shame. We
believe that we could get the cost of the set down to less than $10,000 in
a few years if a big company joined us."
Asked if X-ray TV would be offensive, or perhaps, even a violation of public decency
laws, Dr. Worthington-Smythe said: "Not really. Each viewer would make the
decision whether to buy one or not. You don't have to look at people with
their clothes off if you don't want to. It's a choice, much like the decision to
smoke, drink or pick your nostrils when no one is looking."However, Arthur
Stone, an agent for the TAA talent agency in Los Angeles, which represents
some of today's biggest stars, begs to differ."I have actors and actresses in my
office every day screaming about HDTV. They cry that people can see their zits!
But now you're telling me people will see their tits! This is too much," Stone said.
Dr. Worthington-Smythe countered that most of today's movie stars have already
posed in the nude at one time or another. Or they have appeared nude in TV
shows or movies."We believe they have abandoned their right not to be seen
without their clothes on," the doctor said. "Once you appear nude in public,
you're nude forever, in our estimation. There's no turning back."Dr. Worthington-
Smythe said that actors who have never appeared totally or partially nude before
could be positioned to the left or right hand sides of the screen so the viewer couldn't
see them without their clothes."We have given this much thought and we believe
this is the proper solution," he said. "HDTV today is forcing some actors to use
different makeup or perhaps not appear on a HDTV show altogether.
X-ray TV would have the same effect, we believe, based on a research study done
by Quinn & Associates for the Institute,"Dr. Worthington-Smythe says that if the
Institute can not find a traditional TV manufacturing partner, it might seek funding
from the adult film industry. In fact, he says that one famous adult publisher has
contacted him."Think of the possibilities," he said. "The adult producers could take
over the TV industry. Every show would suddenly become a peep show!"
X-ray TV is available in Korea from next month and USA / Europe from June 2nd.
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