Thursday, January 20, 2011
Mainstream Culture
It seems MTV is very concerned about their new hit show, "Skins". Why? Because they're afraid it may violate child pornography laws. Imagine that. How far we've come. Thanks, Hollywood, for your sense of social responsibility.
The NY Times has the story here.
Takeaway quote: “There are times when I look at mainstream culture and think it is skirting up against the edge of child pornography law.”
That's about right.
[Note to Em, Ted, Kris, and Chip: Yes, this post is ironic. Ha, ha.]
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Rewriting Huckleberry Finn
The Daily Show's "Senior Black Correspondent" handles a publisher's announced intention to replace every occurrence of the n-word in Huckleberry Finn with the word "slave". Perfectly.
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