censorship priorities: sex vs. violence
Dawn of the Dead was on cable the other day, and they seem to have left most of the gore in it. You see heads being blown off, zombies feasting on flesh, etc. But when you get to the one part where two people are doing the nasty in the mall, they blur it out. So let me get this straight: brutality, cannibalism and extreme violence are fine, but the sight of bare boobies will scar you for life? Really. Someone's got their priorities messed up. Not that I think violence will necessarily traumatize you, but it seems that serious violence would be more harmful to a sensitive person than sex.
On an unrelated note, I have noticed that Dawn of the Dead is sometimes incorrectly referred to on the board as a movie. Movies are works of fiction; Dawn of the Dead and other works like it are documentaries and public service announcements, created to inform the public of what to do in the event of a zombie outbreak. This unfortunate misconception needs to be corrected.
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