I really should be going to sleep right now but I found an interesting article on Yahoo and I wanted to blog about it!
Movie theaters in Salt Lake City will not be showing the film Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Interesting as well is that these same movie theaters will be playing Saw V. The theater's spokesperson said that because of the graphic sex and nudity, Zack and Miri will not be shown, but had no comment as to why the violent and gory Saw V hasn't been banned. Let me just steer away from the main subject for a second and ask: will the Saw series EVER end?
The problem with the movie seems to be the title, according to the article, since the films Knocked Up, The 40-year-old Virgin and Sexdrive have all been shown at the same theaters. Okay, veering off again... has anyone seen Sexdrive? It looks funny, just wondering. Billboards, newspapers and TV stations in the area have refused to advertise the film because "porno" appears in the title. I'm surprised that the title Sexdrive didn't cause a problem. When Jared, Kathleen and I were watching the trailer for that film and Mom walked in she thought we were watching a porno!
I was also shocked to read that these same theaters refused to screen Brokeback Mountain because of the subject matter! The article did state that the owner of the cinemas has since said he regrets that ban. Good. What a close-minded son of a gun!
I've summed up the information pretty well, but cut and paste the address below if you'd like to read the article in its entirety.
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/zackandmiri_blog.html
The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.
-John Ruskin
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