speaking of "trashy movies", has anyone seen the john waters/devine
documentary yet? it came out the other day and i still havent gotten aorund
to getting it, just wondering if anyone has checked it out yet.
Love and Lemmings
Blake Sinclair
http://members.xoom.com/berzercker
----- Original Message -----
From: Philip Smoker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 12:12 PM
Subject: [MMouse]: politiks
> "parental advisory is the same as the "NC-17" rating,
> in that they both carry a stigma we should not have to
> deal with, one that brands items or movies as trash
> just because they are adorned with one of those
> logos."
>
>
> I have to disagree with this line of thought. An
> artist is not obligated to place the sticker on their
> albums, whereas the MPAA does set the rating on a
> movie and studios can only try to bargain their way to
> a better rating through creative editing and drafting.
> There may have been more of a stigma attached to the
> sticker back when 2 Live Crew was being pulled from
> every record store in Florida, but believe me when I
> say that the sticker rarely affects the purchases of
> parents or teens today. Working at a record store
> part-time, I've had the opportunity (and the
> obligation, through company policy) to inform quite a
> few na�ve parents that the CD they are about to pick
> up for their precocious 8-year-old features explicit
> content that is just not suitable for children. It's
> unbelievable what parents will buy for their children
> and the reasoning behind their decisions.
>
> If working retail doesn't want to make you take up
> social work sometimes...
>
> And when it comes to politics, blowjobs vs. coke, what
> has the world come to when the leader of the free
> world can only have one and not the other? Seriously,
> shouldn't we be more concerned with what a politician
> is doing while in office instead of what he did when
> he was in college? I'm not trying to claim that it's
> acceptable for career politicians to huff ski in their
> free time, I'm just saying that I'm more worried about
> the president having sex with his interns when he's on
> the taxpayers' dime. But we've gone over this before.
>
>
> have to realize I own the future,
> *phiL*
>
>
>
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