Thursday, September 3, 2009

Arguments against a "suit"; Breasts

There have been numerous arguments against Patty being a man in a suit. Some of them are quite good, some are quite convincing, and some are clearly wishful thinking. Let's take a look at some of the arguments.

First, let's look at the idea that Patty has breasts. I
t has been argued that no off the shelf costume of an ape, or alien, or monster has had breasts, at least back in the mid 60's when Patty was filmed. Costumes typically were genderless, not male or female, at least in terms of primary or secondary sex organs being displayed. Ape costumes were generally male in form, but lacking in any sex organs.

Along with this generally accepted idea of off the shelf costumes lacking gender, it has also been claimed that there were no female apes or ap
e-like creatures featured in films during that mid-60's period of time, and that for a hoaxed costume to feature breasts would have been too improbable, too creative, or too much of a jump from existing costume technology for a layman to come up with.

Now, it may be true that there were no off the s
helf ape costumes with breasts in the 60's, and let's assume that is the case because I really have no way to verify that as fact, but assuming that it is true is not a big problem for me. However, the claim that there were no ape-like costumes in the 60's that featured breasts is patently untrue. Ape-like costumes featuring breasts were featured in "One Million Years BC" which was released in late 1966 in Europe, and early 1967 in the US.

FACT: Ape-like costumes featuring breasts had been seen in big screen movies prior to the filming of Patty.

Additionally, in 1970 a movie called "Skullduggery"
was released which dealt with the discovery of a tribe of ape-like people called Tropis, and whether they were human or animal. That film clearly displayed gender attributes, as this still from the movie shows.

In conclusion, if one is to have an honest debate based on facts and reasonable thoughts, then one has to avoid using arguments which are false or misleading. The fact that Patty had breasts is not proof that she was a real bigfoot, and it is very true that decent examples of breasts had been featured on Hollywood costumes back in the day.

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