On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:29:35 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:04:45 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Is this where we are heading? Fear of showing a classy movie that
depicts the doggedness and bravery of our soldiers during World War II?


This is nothing more than a case of paranoia. Many TV execs are
nervous following the backlash from the FCC in the wake of that stupid
Janet Jackson stunt. The FCC made no comments about what it would do
for the "Ryan" movie specifically. It's just that the companies are
now more conscious of the consequences of going over the line.

I find it comforting that the gradual erosion of the limits of what we
consider to be material "not meant for TV" has been halted to some
degree.

We were not far from a point where naked people and graphic violence
would have been flashed on prime time TV, where children and other
people would be subject to it.


Oh my gosh! Naked bodies! Breasts, butts, vaginas and penises, just as
God gave them to us. So tell me, Dave, let's say you have a kid, and the
kid takes a bath and sees that she has a vagina and breasts, just like
other girls. Will this be an experience so bizaree she'll need to see a
child psychotherapist?

It's not what they have, it's what they do with it.

Dave