--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Regardless of what you may think of Jesse Helms' politics, > he > > > had an > > > > > interesting tactic when he advocated elimination of federal > > > funding > > > > > for arts projects that he felt were unsuitable or > > pornographic. > > > > > Helms brought on to the Senate floor 3 or 4 select > Mapplethorpe > > > > > photographs -- such as the infamous bullwhip up the ass > photo -- > > > > > and > > > > > would ask the most liberal of his Senate colleagues if that > is > > > what > > > > > they and their constituents wanted their tax dollars to go > to. > > > > > > > > > > Well, needless to say, Helms made his point. > > > > > > > > > > After reading here on this forum that David Lynch is going > to > > be > > > at > > > > > MUM today, I wonder what the reaction of the administration > > > would be > > > > > if someone were to hand out stills of some of scenes from > some > > > of > > > > > Lynch's movies, such as the lesbian scenes from "Mulholland > > > Drive". > > > > > > > > > > I hate the hypocricy of the TMO. It may be convenient of > them > > > to > > > > > have Lynch as a spokesman for them now ('cause there ain't > no > > > one > > > > > else of much fame at this point, let's face it) and they are > > > looking > > > > > the other way when it comes to the kinds of morality that > they > > > would > > > > > otherwise accept. > > > > > > > > > > So it would amuse me to see someone "push" the issue. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have you watched any of the David Lynch lectures online, or > read > > > any of the newspaper > > > > interviews he's given? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I have read quite a few of the interviews. > > > > Huh. My impression is that he short-circuits anyone worrying about > > the unusual content of his films merely by being who he is. Guess > you > > didn't get that impression? > > > > Well, I don't worry about the content of his films because I enjoy > them so much...but, guess what? The TMO obviously worries about it > and that's my point. >
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