Nudity
What is so wrong with nudity?
Why is it so wrong to see a boob or an ass cheek but watching 10 people get shot acceptable?
I fail to comprehend why American TV has evolved the way it has.
I suppose one could say that we've romaticized violence in myriad movies and TV shows, of which many are based on reality.
I recently watched part of 'The Godfather'. (Not for the first time)
No doubt that there was plenty of violence in that flick (and novel).
Puzo based Don Vito Corleone on real mob bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, and many of the events are based on the exploits of these men and their accomplices. (I.M.D.B. Trivia for 'The Godfather')
The History Channel shows tons of footage from WW2, Vietnam, along with reenactments, which are obviously filled with violence.
Why is killing so acceptable in this country and nudity isn't?
About a year ago, ABC ran 'Saving Private Ryan' unedited.
There was some contraversy about that as well, with people saying that it was too graphic and a few affilates even refused to air the show.
Which does show that not everyone thinks we should show violence on TV.
But there are reasons to show the film as it was cut. Most notably, is that it's honest. As has been said before, war is Hell, and to edit it takes away from the meaning of the story, which was inspired by the true story of the Niland brothers.
I find it rather ironic that some of the same people who oppose nudity on TV have no problem supporting things like racism, sexism, and war.
It never ceases to amaze me the amount of ignorance and hipocrisy in humanity.
Europe isn't so uptight about nudity and violence is more taboo on TV than it is here.
I remember several years ago I saw a show on HBO on commericials from around the world. One that stuck in my head was an advert for a convertible car.
They showed a man having sex with a woman, with the woman sitting on the windshield and the man standing on the front seats.
I thought it was pretty amusing, and a rather creative change of the old standard of sex in a car.
It certainly wasn't obscene. It's been quite a while, but I believe that only the man's backside was visible, with perhaps a tad bit of the woman's breast.
Obviously they were 'doing the nasty', but it wasn't graphic, tasteless or derogatory in any way.
Mind you, I'm not saying we should be running 'Debbie Does Dallas' in primetime, but just lighten up a tad folks.
Why is it so wrong to see a boob or an ass cheek but watching 10 people get shot acceptable?
I fail to comprehend why American TV has evolved the way it has.
I suppose one could say that we've romaticized violence in myriad movies and TV shows, of which many are based on reality.
I recently watched part of 'The Godfather'. (Not for the first time)
No doubt that there was plenty of violence in that flick (and novel).
Puzo based Don Vito Corleone on real mob bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, and many of the events are based on the exploits of these men and their accomplices. (I.M.D.B. Trivia for 'The Godfather')
The History Channel shows tons of footage from WW2, Vietnam, along with reenactments, which are obviously filled with violence.
Why is killing so acceptable in this country and nudity isn't?
About a year ago, ABC ran 'Saving Private Ryan' unedited.
There was some contraversy about that as well, with people saying that it was too graphic and a few affilates even refused to air the show.
Which does show that not everyone thinks we should show violence on TV.
But there are reasons to show the film as it was cut. Most notably, is that it's honest. As has been said before, war is Hell, and to edit it takes away from the meaning of the story, which was inspired by the true story of the Niland brothers.
I find it rather ironic that some of the same people who oppose nudity on TV have no problem supporting things like racism, sexism, and war.
It never ceases to amaze me the amount of ignorance and hipocrisy in humanity.
Europe isn't so uptight about nudity and violence is more taboo on TV than it is here.
I remember several years ago I saw a show on HBO on commericials from around the world. One that stuck in my head was an advert for a convertible car.
They showed a man having sex with a woman, with the woman sitting on the windshield and the man standing on the front seats.
I thought it was pretty amusing, and a rather creative change of the old standard of sex in a car.
It certainly wasn't obscene. It's been quite a while, but I believe that only the man's backside was visible, with perhaps a tad bit of the woman's breast.
Obviously they were 'doing the nasty', but it wasn't graphic, tasteless or derogatory in any way.
Mind you, I'm not saying we should be running 'Debbie Does Dallas' in primetime, but just lighten up a tad folks.
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