Tuesday, July 19, 2011

sex vs "violence"

anti-porn groups boycott new nbc show "the playboy club"

"I can say without hesitation that every episode of "Law & Order: SVU" is more "adult" than the pilot of "The Playboy Club." And KSL has aired almost 300 episodes of that show."

this is a crazy bad analogy. in all those crime shows, the bad guy is punished. but "the playboy club" will glorify porn. the behaviors being rewarded on "law & order" are honesty (in cops), tenacity (in detectives), courage (in victims), perseverance (in law enforcers)... you get my point.

"the playboy club" will show... what? probably lots of married men having dubious relations with pretty young women who take off their clothes for money. and what will the moral be? as a man you should work hard so you can afford these women whose only job it is to satisfy you sexually. and a woman's aspirations should probably be to get lucky enough to be born beautiful so you can take off your clothes for money from men who want to sleep with, but not respect (or love, talk to, marry) you. well, no, that's probably too harsh. i'm sure the occasional bunny will have real goals. like, using playboy as a stepping stone to bigger and better things: fame as a singer / dancer / performer / sex object. ...

yeah, i can't believe they let "law & order" on tv.

1 comment:

Galen said...

TV shows aren't about morals, especially during the hours that these shows are on, it's about entertainment. One can find honesty, tenacity, courage, and perseverance in every situation. Why can't a writer put those moral situations in the setting of the playboy club? Apparently, nothing sells like sex, drugs, and violence, but maybe it might be better if American society focused more on sex then on violence. (and no it doesn't always have to be young women who take their clothes off for money...sometimes I dream about being born beautiful so that I can take my clothes off for a cougar who allow me to not have to work...sometimes)