Sep 30 2008
If only this were true….
From satire site NewsBiscuit: “The BBC entered a new era this weekend with the launch of ‘BBC Hardcore’ – a free to air pornography channel intended to compete with the fastest growing area of digital broadcasting.”
I would have found the idea more clever if it really said something about our attitudes towards pornography. The contrast between the anti-pornography stereotypes and the BBC’s staid but reliable image could be instructive. However, by defining porn, even tongue in cheek, as: “large breasted women having sex with unlikely strangers” the writer reveals their attitudes are even more conventional than the modern (Torchwood producing) BBC.
Is the point actually to ridicule the BBC for no longer being as scared of sex or mired in the ‘oh, nursey’ school of bawdy humor? Because, if so, we are not amused. Perhaps it has been too long since I read ‘Private Eye’ and I am missing the point.
p.s.: As for ‘The XXX Factor’ with Bruce Forsythe –I’d watch it.
I find this interesting as I’ve never heard of an ezine, community or forum etc… that will not allow their writers to use a pen name. Just the fact that they have not responded in any way to you speaks volumes. I write in many different genres and use both my real and pen names depending on how I feel at any particular moment. Thanks for the heads up on the Red Room.
Jo
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