{
  "id": 313495,
  "title": "One Night Only director says test audiences made him purge \"so much nudity\" from his sex Purge movie",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/one-night-only-director-says-test-audiences-made-him-purge-so-much",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-08T00:50:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/one-night-director-cut-so-much-nudity-test-screenings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Will Gluck, the director of One Night Only, revealed that test audiences prompted him to remove a significant amount of nudity from his film, which is commonly referred to as The Sex Purge movie. The movie's premise, a bizarre and over-the-top depiction of society, has attracted a variety of questions from those familiar with its absurdity. While the film's portrayal of sex and nudity has been under intense scrutiny, a recent interview with Gluck sheds light on how the movie had to adapt to the evolving attitudes towards sexuality in modern cinema.\n\nAccording to Gluck, he began grappling with this issue during his 2023 romantic comedy, Anyone But You, starring Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney. He stressed that he has accumulated a substantial amount of empirical data on audience reactions to nudity in films, given his extensive experience in the industry since his 2010 film, Easy A. Gluck explained that he has observed a \"societal shift\" in the way people view nudity in adult situations. He believes that what used to be shared privately among individuals has now become a \"private, intimate thing\" that people prefer to avoid in shared experiences like watching a movie in a theater.\n\nConsequently, One Night Only underwent substantial cuts to the nudity that Gluck initially intended, despite initially shooting scenes with a high degree of nudity, including explicit stick figures and a few bare butts. Gluck admitted that he underestimated the impact of these scenes on the audience experience. He admitted, \"Once I've learned that, which was all through the editing process for my last movie, I applied it to this movie,\" but noted that he could have done more. The director explained, \"There was so much nudity in this movie that we shot on the streets. I felt we needed to show the world that way.\" However, after testing with audiences, Gluck concluded that the nudity detracted from the overall experience, disrupting the immersion in the characters' storylines. He concluded, \"The benefits do not nearly outweigh the negatives of it. So we just kept editing it out until we got a balance, and those comments went away.\"",
  "summary": "Director Will Gluck says audiences became uncomfortable when he showed sex and nudity in his new sex comedy—so he cut it.",
  "key_points": [
    "Director Will Gluck removed significant nudity after test audiences' feedback.",
    "Gluck's experience with audience reactions to nudity informs his decisions.",
    "One Night Only underwent substantial cuts to nudity during editing process."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The A.V. Club",
        "title": "How to navigate the sex Purge of One Night Only",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/how-to-navigate-the-sex-purge-of-one-night-only",
        "published": "2026-08-07T15:00:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}