Perhaps one of the most famous peeping scenes in Hollywood history, the girl's gym shower in Porky's (1982). The film is memorable (or forgettable) depending on when you grew up. Supposedly it's the highest-grossing Canadian-produced film behind Resident Evil. But for as solidly mediocre as the acting, dialog, and plot is, the shower scene has no doubt shaped and embodied the adolescent yearnings of a generation. Everyone of my friends knew the scene and had worn out their VCRs watching and rewatching it. Even though the glimpse of nudity is brief--it did show full frontal--and the peeping aspect was every boys' dream.
Rare by today's standard's, when the girls notice that they are being spied on, they think it's funny. The early 80s were certainly a lot more frisky, where sexuality was seen as popular and normal, and not dangerous or shameful. But that's how memory works, pick out the very best and forget the entirety. This scene in the movie is classic, well worth revisiting, unfortunately the rest of the movie isn't.
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