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Work safe art...

As an artist, all I can say is that if there is an afterlife these artists are going to be coming back and killing the people who did this. It totally ruins the composition, and color, and line. I could go on and on. At least the ones with the sunblock and bathing suits are "funny" and could count as satire. If George W. has his way, you better believe paintings like that will be the norm.
 
kittynh said:
As an artist, all I can say is that if there is an afterlife these artists are going to be coming back and killing the people who did this. It totally ruins the composition, and color, and line. I could go on and on. At least the ones with the sunblock and bathing suits are "funny" and could count as satire. If George W. has his way, you better believe paintings like that will be the norm.
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And that is precisely the point. It's not 'debasing' the art (which belongs to us thanks to the wonders of the public domain), but using it to mock the FCC.
 
As an artist, all I can say is that if there is an afterlife these artists are going to be coming back and killing the people who did this. It totally ruins the composition, and color, and line. I could go on and on.

Of course it does--that's the point: to show how absurd such "safe" Art would be.
 
kittynh said:
As an artist, all I can say is that if there is an afterlife these artists are going to be coming back and killing the people who did this. It totally ruins the composition, and color, and line. I could go on and on. At least the ones with the sunblock and bathing suits are "funny" and could count as satire. If George W. has his way, you better believe paintings like that will be the norm.
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The Hays Office, http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hays Office
Provisions of the Code

The Production Code spelled out specific restrictions on language and behavior, particularly sex and crime —though Hollywood developed ways to get around some of these restrictions and keep audiences coming back to the theaters. It prohibited nudity, suggestive dances, and the ridicule of religion. It forbade the depiction of illegal drug use, venereal disease, childbirth, and profanity. The language section banned dozens of "offensive" words and phrases, leading to the shocked outcry from many moviegoers when the film Gone with the Wind included the word "damn." Criminal activity could not be depicted on film in a way that led viewers to sympathize with criminals. Murder scenes had to filmed in a way that would discourage imitations in real life, and brutal killings could not be shown in detail. The sanctity of marriage and the home had to be upheld. Adultery and illicit sex, although recognized as sometimes necessary to the plot, could not be explicit or justified and were not supposed to be presented as an attractive option.
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Sounding familiar?
 
Yeah, sounds like PAX tv. I loved it when Nick and Nora Charles that sexy detective couple had seperate twin beds!

The only thing worth watching on PAX is "Candid Camera"
 
Say what you will about freedom of expression, movies were better back then.

Umm...no. There were just as many terrible movies "back then" as there are now. It's just that we remember the great ones and forget the schlock. There are good movies still being made today, ones that don't count on special effects or shock value.

Jerry
 
Umm...no. There were just as many terrible movies "back then" as there are now. It's just that we remember the great ones and forget the schlock.

That's true, of course, but seriously, I think the GOOD movies were better then. How much do you want to bet that today Citizen Kane or Casablanca would have a lot more sex, nudity and violence... and that it would make for a worse movie?

Same with popular music. Someone once said "the best thing about popular songs is that they aren't popular very long". True. And God knows there was tons of trash back then as well. But in the "old days", the lyrics were often silly, but not violent or crude; songs were written about your sweetheart breaking your heart, not about your ho' breaking your face. And in any case, it used to matter how good your voice was...
 
there are good movies and good music, but it's just not getting to a wide audience any more.

Funny, how the Shrek movies, which are cute and witty, are making so much money that it has to be more than children that are going to see them.
 
kittynh said:
Yeah, sounds like PAX tv. I loved it when Nick and Nora Charles that sexy detective couple had seperate twin beds!
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Is that the old black & white "Thinman" series?. If so, the two seemed too drunk to have sex anyway....

Charlie (I know that from experience) Monoxide
 
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