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AK Yams WTF Moments of the Week: Porn? NO! Violence? YAY!
God Bless America.
This is probably old news by now, but I’ll post it anyhow.
Kevin Smith’s latest feature film, “Zach and Miri Make a Porno” was banned by Megaplex Theaters in the state of Utah. Megaplex is contolled by Utah Jazz principal owner and entertainment mogul Larry Miller. The film depicts nudity and strong sexual content which was deemed too morally reprehensible to be screened. Meanwhile “Saw V,” which is “rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, language and brief nudity” by the MPAA is playing.
I’ve always wondered about this. “Fight Club” which has graphic scenes of violence, including massive amounts of blood, was on regular cable TV the other day; it was unedited except for the language. Why is it that realistic violence is OK, but profanity and nudity is not? Miller, a devout Mormon, also created controversy when he pulled “Brokeback Mountain” from Megaplex Theaters after learning that the film involved a homosexual romance story. Movies that have scenes with graphic violence are routinely shown, but even the slightest nipple appearance is blurred out in any film.
I understand people not wanting their children to see hardcore sex scenes, but that should be up to individual families. Why do some of the same people that complain about the government wanting to take their guns away want to control the media with censorship? It doesn’t add up.
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