Posted on 06/30/2006 11:41:19 AM PDT by Paul678
Dept. of delayed reactions
By Aaron Barnhart
TV Barn- The Kansas City Star
June 29, 2006
Only now is word filtering down to the Parents Television Council that a scene from last week's "Rescue Me" might have been, well, skanky.
Yet more evidence that the PTC doesn't watch the shows it wants off the air.
PTC Outraged Over Graphic Rape Scene on FX’s Rescue Me
LOS ANGELES (June 29, 2006) – The Parents Television Council™ blasted News Corp. and the FX Network for airing a graphic rape scene on an episode of Rescue Me.
The graphic scene showed a man raping his ex-wife, who at first struggles against her attacker but eventually is portrayed to be enjoying the rape. This episode aired on June 20, 2006, at 10:00 pm EST/9:00 pm CST on the FX basic cable network.
“News Corp. and FX have stooped to a new low by airing this highly offensive and sickening episode of Rescue Me. Is this what FX considers to be entertainment – that rape is exciting and enjoyable for the victim? Do the sponsors of this program share that viewpoint? It is an absolute outrage that families who find this raunchy programming so disgusting are being forced to subsidize it with their cable subscription,” said L. Brent Bozell, president of the PTC™.
“This is an egregious example of why Americans need and want a la carte cable choice, the ability to pick and choose only the cable channels they would like to buy. Americans are sick and tired of being forced to underwrite cable networks like FX.
“We are urging our over one million members to contact their legislators about this episode of Rescue Me and insist that they pass legislation that would provide cable choice, and to voice their opinions to the sponsors who ensured that this episode of Rescue Me could be aired,” concluded Bozell.
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2006/06/dept_of_delayed.html
Off point here, but aren't we in daylight savings time? So the times shown should be EDT and CDT, not EST and CST?
I'm gonna withhold comment here for a few weeks.
Paging Clayton Williams.... paging Clayton Williams...
I hate to point out the obvious but no one is forcing him to have cable.
And if he's that concerned there's this little invention called the V-Chip.
You must be from Texas!
This guy is a troll
Sounds more like CaveMan sex or some sort of role-playing.
There is a scene like this in The Quiet Man with John Wayne, although much less graphic - (no actual sex).
This has actually been a fairly common theme in movies since the silents. No means yes.
"Judging from his post, he or she is advertising for an Org. website. All posts are related to indecency on the air."
He joined 11 days ago, has made 31 posts all related to this topic in various forms, and all promoting that web site.
"Sounds more like CaveMan sex or some sort of role-playing."
Of course it's "role-playing". They are actors on a TV show, simulating rape/sex.
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