01 June 2014

Eva Green's questionable nudity and MPAA: prudes or professional pervs?

The New York Post indignant headline MPAA prudes : Too much boob on Eva Green’s ‘Sin City’ poster couldn't have been missed here, in this citadel of free expression. Here comes the poster in question:


The reason the above poster was banned is “for nudity — curve of under breast and dark nipple/areola circle visible through sheer gown”. And, after looking at the poster another time, in order to discern the said curve and the said nipple circle, I was struck by a simple question. The question caused me some doubts about the NYPost headline, by the way.

I mean, here I am, an average hetero male person, looking at the poster for the first time and finding it moderately attractive and moderately titillating - as, probably, expected and desired by its creators. The point is, I would have never even dreamed about analyzing such tiny details like curves and circles, hadn't these details been mentioned by the censor.

But - and this is an important but - someone in MPAA, whose job it, most probably, is, had the time, the inclination and the expertize to get up close and personal to this poster and really check every pixel...

So, the question is: what kind of perv does it take to do that as part of his job?

14 comments:

Sennacherib said...

Her nail polish and lip stick colors match too!

Duke of URL said...

No, the questions are: (1) Are they hiring? {I have my own magnifying glass} (2) How much do they pay? (3) Will they let me telecommute?

SnoopyTheGoon said...

But is it another item in favor of censorship?

SnoopyTheGoon said...

I suspect they wouldn't allow you to telecommute. After all, the censor must put his finger on the offending items...

Dick Stanley said...

Ah, you've uncovered (so to speak) the secret behind prudery.

Dick Stanley said...

Alas, she has her finger on the trigger. Does she intend to put a bullet in the ceiling? Poster painters need to pay attention to these things.

Sennacherib said...

There is much uncertainty here that only an intense, detailed, and well funded study could resolve. I also am willing to volunteer as the lead investigator and though it is a position obviously fraught with danger, I am stout-hearted and unafraid!

Brian Goldfarb said...

I would have said, 6 months ago, no comparison, but given the tank movements on the borders, could this P's "last territorial demand", until the next one? Who would have thought that he would want yo re-create the Soviet Union, to say nothing of the Russian Empire?

David All said...

Yes this is definitely something that has to be closely and extensively studied. As some one who does not do things in haste and takes his time to investigate every detail, I believe that I am the man for this job!

(Seriously) This poster is just an update from the crime noir movies of the 1940s. The 40s phrase, dame, is a tip off. The only difference between this poster and the posters from the 40s is that in the original film noir the ladies would be covered up but in a way that their curves and especially their breasts were quite enticing. The breasts would look a like a pair of 38s, so to speak. The gun she is holding suggests that she is not unafraid to kill, though in the 40s movies she usually got some lusting male sap to do her killing for her. I.E. Barbara Stanwick getting Fred McMurray to kill Barbara's wealthy older husband in "Double Indemity".

Sennacherib said...

"I believe that I am the man for this job!" No, too perilous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtcSYPjJbgg

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Don't forget it may cause hair growth on your palms!

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Probably his pollsters could. But who knew, indeed?

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Yep, I think you got it, David.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Men tend to overestimate their abilities and underestimate the task in such cases, that much is true.