I love starting the week with hype:
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Thursday, March 25, 2004
Decency: Enough is Enough
You know, there's a whole big stink going on about "decency" standards lately. The whole Janet Jackson thing has cause a trigger-happy mentality in the media about what can and can't be shown in public. I've sat by, quietly sitting on my hands as of late, but now it's starting to get out of hand.
Today, the NY Daily News has posted a story alleging that American Idol's host, Simon Cowell, purposefully flipped the birdie on national television last night. Are we now living in an age where no one is safe from the scrutiny of the thought police?
Howard Stern, who has long been on the forefront of the fight for freedom of speech (admittedly, in his own way), looks like he also is losing the battle of the airwaves. Who, I ask you my fellow artists, is next?
If "Decency" is such a big problem here in the US of A, would somebody please explain to me a few inconsistencies:
A) So Janet Jackson cannot expose a breast with a nipple paste on it, for fear of an FCC injunction, yet Lil' Kim can parade around in pasties and a G-string on MTV and the cover of Rolling Stone and not suffer ANY repercussions?
B) You can't show a pastie-covered breast on the Super Bowl, or apparently lean on your middle finger for no intentional reason on national television, but shows like "Extreme Makeover," which show the goriest and bloodiest procedures of people indulging their own vanities, get carte blanche for Prime-time broadcast. And the nightly news, which shows violence and bloodshed in sensationalist amounts, is also dubbed as "decent?"
C) You can say "Asshole" on "Law and Order," but Howard stern alluding to naked women and sexual innuendoes gets a $500,000 fine??
I swear, the entire continent of Europe is looking at us and laughing their heads off.
I warn you, my friends, they'll be coming after comic books again, too. Remember the 50's? It's already happened once.
Annoyed,
Philip Clark
You know, there's a whole big stink going on about "decency" standards lately. The whole Janet Jackson thing has cause a trigger-happy mentality in the media about what can and can't be shown in public. I've sat by, quietly sitting on my hands as of late, but now it's starting to get out of hand.
Today, the NY Daily News has posted a story alleging that American Idol's host, Simon Cowell, purposefully flipped the birdie on national television last night. Are we now living in an age where no one is safe from the scrutiny of the thought police?
Howard Stern, who has long been on the forefront of the fight for freedom of speech (admittedly, in his own way), looks like he also is losing the battle of the airwaves. Who, I ask you my fellow artists, is next?
If "Decency" is such a big problem here in the US of A, would somebody please explain to me a few inconsistencies:
A) So Janet Jackson cannot expose a breast with a nipple paste on it, for fear of an FCC injunction, yet Lil' Kim can parade around in pasties and a G-string on MTV and the cover of Rolling Stone and not suffer ANY repercussions?
B) You can't show a pastie-covered breast on the Super Bowl, or apparently lean on your middle finger for no intentional reason on national television, but shows like "Extreme Makeover," which show the goriest and bloodiest procedures of people indulging their own vanities, get carte blanche for Prime-time broadcast. And the nightly news, which shows violence and bloodshed in sensationalist amounts, is also dubbed as "decent?"
C) You can say "Asshole" on "Law and Order," but Howard stern alluding to naked women and sexual innuendoes gets a $500,000 fine??
I swear, the entire continent of Europe is looking at us and laughing their heads off.
I warn you, my friends, they'll be coming after comic books again, too. Remember the 50's? It's already happened once.
Annoyed,
Philip Clark
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Check it out!
April PREVIEWS, page 285.
Diamond has once again featured the entire wraparound cover for QUANTUM: Rock of Ages in their solicitation. I'm taking this as a good omen. Take a look, and make sure you point it out to your local retailer come ordering time.
QUANTUM #4 Cover Art
Take care, folks.
PC
April PREVIEWS, page 285.
Diamond has once again featured the entire wraparound cover for QUANTUM: Rock of Ages in their solicitation. I'm taking this as a good omen. Take a look, and make sure you point it out to your local retailer come ordering time.
QUANTUM #4 Cover Art
Take care, folks.
PC
Friday, March 19, 2004
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