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<\/a>When the women in the story originally made the nude calendar, their goal was very modest and humble; however, something magical happened to them.<\/p>\n
After much media and public attention they ended up raising a lot of money, almost $3 million in total. They became a spectacular phenomenon around the world and their story became a movie and a play.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the play, there is tragedy of losing a loved one to cancer. There are a lot of life lessons in there. There is the friendship tested by various things: tragedy and fame,\u201d says King.<\/p>\n
Nudity is not easy for everyone, regardless of gender and age. In particular, nudity on the stage would be a difficult decision for middle-aged women because of the social convention that dictates that old or middle-aged women aren\u2019t attractive.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn our show these six women actually do take all their clothes off on the stage in front of the audience every night. There is a certain amount of bravery in that,\u201d says King. \u201cI think all the women are very beautiful, but they are not young. They are 50, 60, 70 years old… It took bravery for the original women to do this calendar, and it takes bravery for every woman who does the show to get up the stage in front of a group of people every night to take their clothes off.\u201d<\/p>\n
King says that Calendar Girls<\/i> is a reminder for us to break our stereotypes of women\u2019s bodies.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur show goes against stereotypes. We see the mainstream media every day. There are people out there; especially, a lot young women who see this stereotype and think, \u2018I have to be that thin and that beautiful. They end up with eating disorders and body image problems,\u2019\u201d says King. \u201cEven if one person comes to the show and sees how beautiful these women are at their age, it would\u2019ve been worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n