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And yet I wonder...
Feb. 7th, 2004 02:54 pmIn the wake of the Janet Jackson "Breast-gate" during the Super Bowl, I can't help but wonder....
Where the fuck were all these self-righteous assholes when Dennis Franz' ass was being shown on NYPD Blue?!?! Talk about unwanted nudity.
Dear Americans: Chill the fuck out. It was a breast. One breast. 200,000 complaints to the FCC will only make the shitheads in power pass more rules, regulations, and guidelines, which will further homogenize, sterilize, and dumb-down broadcast TV.
Yes, folks, the ratings don't just suck because Friends is going to be in permanent re-runs. It sucks because there's nothing good on TV any more. Frankly, CBS should be grateful that so many people were paying attention during the damn halftime show. Instead of hugging themselves with glee at the attention bonanza, they're shitting themselves and having mass aneurisms over the collective pucker of morally uptight Americans who have nothing better to do then impose their moral values on the rest of us.
Does this mean I want to see nudity on TV? Well, as evidenced by the Dennis Franz comment, it all depends on who is naked. Playboy playmates, hot college girls, and lingerie models, yes. Dennis Franz, no. In fact, no balding overweight man should ever be shown naked on TV without some sort of warning. Such as:
Due to the flabby nature of this man's ass, we warn the viewing audience to buy an exercise bike. Or go on Atkins. Something. Anything. Just so your ass doesn't look like this.
I mean, this is a country where more money is spent each year on the adult entertainment industry then the NFL, NBA, NHL, and the MLB rake in every year. Yes, that includes the *spit* Yankees. But, oh, little kids saw Janet's tit. Come on, it could have been worse. It could have been Janet Reno on stage. (Note: Possible torture punishment for Timberlake.)
But, what can I say. This is the land of the free, the home of the over-reacting whiney fuckhead. And it's home. Only in America will you find so many people who are so content in the rest of their lives, who have enough free time to bitch and carp and whine about such a minor little occurance.
And, I guess this means the on-stage blowjob from Britney Spears at the Grammy Awards is off, huh?
Where the fuck were all these self-righteous assholes when Dennis Franz' ass was being shown on NYPD Blue?!?! Talk about unwanted nudity.
Dear Americans: Chill the fuck out. It was a breast. One breast. 200,000 complaints to the FCC will only make the shitheads in power pass more rules, regulations, and guidelines, which will further homogenize, sterilize, and dumb-down broadcast TV.
Yes, folks, the ratings don't just suck because Friends is going to be in permanent re-runs. It sucks because there's nothing good on TV any more. Frankly, CBS should be grateful that so many people were paying attention during the damn halftime show. Instead of hugging themselves with glee at the attention bonanza, they're shitting themselves and having mass aneurisms over the collective pucker of morally uptight Americans who have nothing better to do then impose their moral values on the rest of us.
Does this mean I want to see nudity on TV? Well, as evidenced by the Dennis Franz comment, it all depends on who is naked. Playboy playmates, hot college girls, and lingerie models, yes. Dennis Franz, no. In fact, no balding overweight man should ever be shown naked on TV without some sort of warning. Such as:
Due to the flabby nature of this man's ass, we warn the viewing audience to buy an exercise bike. Or go on Atkins. Something. Anything. Just so your ass doesn't look like this.
I mean, this is a country where more money is spent each year on the adult entertainment industry then the NFL, NBA, NHL, and the MLB rake in every year. Yes, that includes the *spit* Yankees. But, oh, little kids saw Janet's tit. Come on, it could have been worse. It could have been Janet Reno on stage. (Note: Possible torture punishment for Timberlake.)
But, what can I say. This is the land of the free, the home of the over-reacting whiney fuckhead. And it's home. Only in America will you find so many people who are so content in the rest of their lives, who have enough free time to bitch and carp and whine about such a minor little occurance.
And, I guess this means the on-stage blowjob from Britney Spears at the Grammy Awards is off, huh?