I happen to agree with you Mike about some of the posts on this thread. For instance Chicanodag and Balboa make very good points. If a model makes a drastic change in his appearance, be it a very different haircut, dying his hair a different color, one or more brand new tattoos, a noticeable fluctuation in weight (either up or down)...it's bound to disappoint some and please a few others. Paying viewers have the right to state an opinion. Either pro or con. Models who want to work on camera should be aware of those implications if they are contemplating a subtle or drastic change of their bodies. I personally still have to cringe though when the issue of weight is involved.
I was being honest when I said that I have not read the thread or posts in question because the title alone made me very uncomfortable. Jimmy felt that the thread and posts were rude and over the top. I see that many of you disagree.
Look at what happened here though. Jimmy has been accused of being "rude", "mean", and so on with the other models. Yet as soon as he saw that thread he jumped in to defend his friend and fellow model. So that immediately calls into question whether he has a bad relationship with his coworkers. As the senior model here on
Broke Straight Boys 2 that is exactly the role I would hope that he plays off-set in helping out his fellow models who have less experience in the business than he does.
This also jibes perfectly with his claim that a man of his character will naturally come to the defense of the underdog or those he feels are being bullied. Even if Jimmy has it all wrong, and the posts on the other thread are much more benign than he makes them out to be...I have to respect him for coming to Bobby's defense. Jimmy is exactly the kind of friend that I would want to have...and exactly the kind of friend that I would want to be to others.
Free speech works both ways. We viewers have the right to critique models and their scenes. Jimmy as a model himself, and the senior model whom the other models look to for guidance...has the same free speech right to come in and ask us to tone down some of the rhetoric.