So now that there's been all this new anti-indecency legislation passed in a frenzy of outrage against Boobgate and Sterngate, can somebody explain to me why Americans are so damn uptight?
PostPosted:Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:45 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I mean, it's like Kupek said after the Super Bowl - it's a boob. All women have them. Why is it such a big deal when one gets seen on national TV in America, when at the same time,
<i>Dutch programming not only allows free speech, but also free expression of the human body including full nudity, sexuality and discussions of things that would make Americans cringe with embarrassment or fume with anger. I've seen penises ejaculating, cameras going in and out of pussies, guests disrobing on talk shows, people in the street pulling down their pants and getting spanked, all in prime time on public stations.</i>
(The writer of that article then goes on to decry the violence content on Dutch TV, most of it from American programming.)
Here's an excerpt from an another article I found interesting:
<i>Americans and Europeans "have different ways of looking at morality," agrees Brakenhielm, who had trouble selling her latest worldwide hit reality show, "The Bar," in America.
In "The Bar," two teams run two bars in a restaurant, organizing events and competing for customers, while viewers choose each week which contestants stay and which go. Viewers can go and drink at the bars or follow events live on the Internet via webcams.
Potential US clients for the show "are a bit scared of the bar atmosphere, of showing people drinking beer on TV," explains Brakenhielm.
"In Europe we can show nudity or drunk people on television, but we would not do a show like 'Temptation Island,' " says Brakenhielm. On the Fox TV show, committed couples are taken to a tropical island, separated, and tempted to be unfaithful.
"That is not nice, it is a mean setup, and it stinks," Brakenhielm says.</i>
Are the Europeans so much worse off because of their stances on nudity on TV? Where is the "damage" being done to all the European children that Americans are so scared of? I mean, seriously - where the heck does it come from? Overactive religious prudery would be one guess, but there's examples of nudity in public all over Europe, including Italy, which is where the Vatican is located for pete's sake. I just can't think of any other reasons why most Americans are so scared of a little of everyone's own human sexuality peeking through every now and then.
What gives????
<i>-57</i></div>
<i>Dutch programming not only allows free speech, but also free expression of the human body including full nudity, sexuality and discussions of things that would make Americans cringe with embarrassment or fume with anger. I've seen penises ejaculating, cameras going in and out of pussies, guests disrobing on talk shows, people in the street pulling down their pants and getting spanked, all in prime time on public stations.</i>
(The writer of that article then goes on to decry the violence content on Dutch TV, most of it from American programming.)
Here's an excerpt from an another article I found interesting:
<i>Americans and Europeans "have different ways of looking at morality," agrees Brakenhielm, who had trouble selling her latest worldwide hit reality show, "The Bar," in America.
In "The Bar," two teams run two bars in a restaurant, organizing events and competing for customers, while viewers choose each week which contestants stay and which go. Viewers can go and drink at the bars or follow events live on the Internet via webcams.
Potential US clients for the show "are a bit scared of the bar atmosphere, of showing people drinking beer on TV," explains Brakenhielm.
"In Europe we can show nudity or drunk people on television, but we would not do a show like 'Temptation Island,' " says Brakenhielm. On the Fox TV show, committed couples are taken to a tropical island, separated, and tempted to be unfaithful.
"That is not nice, it is a mean setup, and it stinks," Brakenhielm says.</i>
Are the Europeans so much worse off because of their stances on nudity on TV? Where is the "damage" being done to all the European children that Americans are so scared of? I mean, seriously - where the heck does it come from? Overactive religious prudery would be one guess, but there's examples of nudity in public all over Europe, including Italy, which is where the Vatican is located for pete's sake. I just can't think of any other reasons why most Americans are so scared of a little of everyone's own human sexuality peeking through every now and then.
What gives????
<i>-57</i></div>