The show centers around the personal lifestyle of Marion Hagens, who is not identified as a director of the resort.

Residents and guests are shown swimming and playing tennis, horseshoes, golf, and darts (“You have to watch out for the pointy ends.”) All vital body parts were pixilated as you might expect, but as a pleasant surprise the residents’ buttocks were not pixilated at all, and the network “pixel police” missed even an occasional nipple.

The announcer (in a dramatic voiceover) made clear several times that nudists choose to live “a life apart because outsiders consider their lifestyle as taboo.” The show interviewed several local outsiders who affirmed they would “never participate” in nudism, and who felt that “children definitely should not be allowed to mingle with adults” because “there are too many things that can lead them astray.” A born-again psychologist is then quoted, saying, “Temptations such as this will lead you to hell.” The program made no refutation of these wacko criticisms.

The second half of the show focused on Marion’s three grandchildren, ages 8, 12, and 17 who enjoy “stripping down with the family” when visiting the resort. The youngest tells the camera “people should be judged by what is inside and not by the clothes they wear” while the family is decorating a Christmas tree.

The program spends some time on the issue of security against predators, especially around the children, but several resort managers and a few parents retort that the kids are probably safer at the resort because it is a tight-knit community than they would be at a normal beach or shopping mall. “We have a zero tolerance here,” one manager said.

Marion admits to not having many “textiled friends” anymore, but she smiles and adds “but that’s okay because I’d rather be with my nudist friends anyway.”

“If those outside just accepted us for what we are it would be a nicer world,” said Marion as the program ended. But she added, sighing, “but I don’t expect it will ever happen.”

As positive as this 20-minute telecast was, I still cringe that it was on a show called “Taboo.” I look forward to when shows such as this air on the Travel Channel and are promoted as a normal place to take a vacation for those interested, instead of lumping our lifestyle in with the weird and grotesque.

View this video on YouTube (in 2 parts) at: Part 1 and Part 2