Thursday, August 03, 2006

AN ODD CENSORSHIP CHOICE

Was watching a program on TV the other day, a show called "Cleavage", which was
a historical/sociological look at...you guessed it - cleavage. Fascinating show, even showed the evolution of bras; apparently the first ones were just a cloth tied across the breasts.
But anyway, part of the show, they talked to some artists who drew/painted pictures of partially clothed women, some looking quite real, one who did a blue demoness type. Some were 40s style cheesecake paintings or drawings. The funny thing is, they actually censored the breasts on these pictures with large yellow stars over the nipples (and most of the actual breasts), so you couldn't actually see the cleavage they were discussing.
Now, granted this was on A&E network during normal viewing hours, but here comes the silly part...

Later in the show, they were discussing augmentation surgery, and actually showed part of an actual operation, during which you not only saw the breast, but even saw the nipple!

So, basically, it's ok to show the real things, but not the drawings of the real things.

It's a funny world, isn't it? (At least here in the U.S.of A.)

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