Fight Club
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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9 Happy Things To Distract You From Stock Market Crash
Today, by all accounts, is not going to be a good day. This weekend probably won’t be so hot either. The stock market is poised for a massive decline of epic proportion, and as we sit back and watch that which we have worked so hard to achieve disintegrate into thin air while politicians carve kidneys out of each other, it’s hard to feel good about the world. Stress and anxiety about the future have people wound pretty tight already; today is not going to help. With that in mind, we’re going to take a break from being negative today, and think about some of the things we can be happy about during this time of uncertainty. After All, they say there’s only two things you can be certain of: Death and Tony Romo’s a bitch. So kiddos, sit back tonight with a beer (or twelve) in the company of the ones you love, replay the last 5 minutes of Fight Club over and over, and just remember one thing: We got through 9/11, and we will get through anything.
Here’s a list of things you can still feel good about:
1. Holding Your (kids, wife, husband…)’s Hand.
3. Pumpkins!
4. Today is Friday. If you make it through today, you can’t get laid off for two days!
7. Guitar Hero!
Well, we hope we made you smile. The point is that there’s still a lot of good out there, despite the fact that 8 hours from now we won’t be able to afford it… just kidding. Anyways, go give someone in a suit a hug,…
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