Censorship

[tefnut]

Two homosexual men kissed on a prime-time show last evening. Another gay couple kissed in a trailer for another prime-time show. Nobody raised an eyebrow and, as far as I know, it didn't even get a mention in the news. I'm proud of my country! :-)

...I wonder if this would have been censored in the States.






ETA: Oh boy. Sometimes I should read out loud before posting. When I say, "they kissed in a trailer", I don't mean that they were cuddling in a camping-car. It's a video-clip kind of trailer, of course. :-D
Although I maintain that kissing in a trailer (the camping-car sort) is great fun.

Comments

[tallisen.livejournal.com]

They might have had it here (in the states) but I bet they'd have some kind of stupid assed warning before the show started saying something about graphic content/viewer's discresions/not suitable for kids...yaddy yadda. Where do you live? I want to move there! :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/tefnut_/]

France! A nice country with great food, no censorship on sex, and a serious lack of job.

And why wouldn't it be suitable for kids? It's not like they were groping or having hot buttsex (in a camping car). They were just... you know... kissing.

[tallisen.livejournal.com]

The censors in the states are scaredy cats. If they think there is the remotest chance of one parent getting upset their kid witnessed a homosexual kiss...*shakes head* It is really sad. However, they do advertise like a mofo for primetime shows where two girls are going to kiss (aka The OC). I find that really offensive that there has to be so much advertising, like.. "Oh look! Two girls kissing! It's so wrong yet so hot for our male viewers!" I should think of moving. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/tefnut_/]

Yeah. Here we just don't give a shit about who's kissing whom, at least on TV. It's not common to see men kissing in the street yet, but TV is a good start, imho. I've seen it quite often in London, but then again, I wasn't exactly hanging around Buckingham Palace, if you see what I mean.

Censors seem to be much more severe with violence than with sex here. Imho, sex is good, so I tend to agree with them! :-D

I should think of moving. :)
If you can fix the plumbing, I've got some spare room in the staircase. ;-)

[tallisen.livejournal.com]

lol, sounds comfy ;)