Review of The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959) by Private U — 19 May 2008
Slow, plodding, yet one of the first films containing unabashed nudity, and Russ Meyer's first commercially successful film.
Not something to sit through and watch from end to end, although it does have some light-hearted ribald humor if you stick with it long enough.
Otherwise, its a neat insight into the first, and by modern standards utterly innocent, steps toward nudity in film.
Before this film, nudity was masqueraded as "educational films" about nudist camps, whereas "The Immoral Mr. Teas", while constantly placing in educational facts about sunlight and water density, does so with a tongue so firmly in its cheek, its hard not to laugh at it's absurdity, yet appreciate its honesty... especially in comparison to what would come later on in the 1960's.
This review of The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959) was written by Private U on 19 May 2008.
The Immoral Mr. Teas has generally received negative reviews.
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