America’s problem with the nipple
You’ve read about it elsewhere: Janet Jackson’s nipple slip during the Super Bowl half-time show. CBS and MTV claim it was an accident and Mike Powell starts an official FCC investigation because:
“That celebration was tainted by a classless, crass and deplorable stunt,” Powell said in a statement that was echoed by others on the panel. “Our nation’s children, parents and citizens deserve better.”
An FCC probe because of a (nicely decorated) nipple during the half-time show? Give me a break. It was barely visible and only because the media immediately jumped on the story and offered frame grabs in HDTV resolution, we really know what happened. Is this going to cause a traumatic experience for all those kids who watched the show? I don’t think so. I would prefer that my kid saw a nipple-slip instead of one of the 200+ people killed in R-rated movies that were on at the same time.
Granted it was all planned (you can tell from the way that Janet and Justin behaved) and the fact that mtv.com had reported earlier on (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484644/20040128/index.jhtml?headlines=true) about some “Shocking Moments” during Janet Jackson Super Bowl performance (the first mtv.com link magically disappeared from the mtv.com site, however mtvasia.com still has the story up here and it is also referenced on E!Online here – mtvasia.com’s version has also been cached by Google under this link [just in case it also magically disappears]).
Everywhere else in this world people would just go over this incident and it would barely make the head-lines of some third-class news sources, but here in the States it causes an outrage that is beyond my comprehension. What’s America’s problem with the nipple?
February 25th, 2004 at 10:38 pm
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February 25th, 2004 at 10:38 pm
I RECEIVED YOUR SPAM EM, Read it etc. but was far more fascinated by tour Death Valley photo jOurney. Well done. I have not been to DV but have a much better idea of what to expect.
Great photos, good copy. I wish I knew how to put that on EM/my own website to share with my chidren and friends as you do. What a wonderfull gift of your life that your child (children) can read and embrace when they gey older. Thank You for sharing.
Mahalo