11/24/2004: Billboard coverup

Undertoad · 11-24-2004, 12:10 PM

Can you feel the ass of the culture tightening? In this case it's in Israel, where a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews demanded that Sarah Jessica Parker's dress should be a little less revealing.

full story

jaguar · 11-24-2004, 12:43 PM

.............Lucky she wasn't showing any ankle or they really would have let her have it.

Troubleshooter · 11-24-2004, 02:22 PM

Retards...

SteveDallas · 11-24-2004, 02:32 PM

Soon we'll be back to public floggings as punishment for using naughty words.

Slothboy · 11-24-2004, 03:29 PM

Well, come on. It's Israel for crying out loud, not Los Angeles. It was bad research to assume they would find that sort of marketing acceptable in the first place.

I would agree that in the US the pendulum is swinging back to "tight ass" land, but Israel founded the Tight Ass Nation in the first place.

At least they didn't burn the billboard to the ground.

capnhowdy · 11-24-2004, 03:30 PM

It appears to me that not only did they change her clothing, they changed her skin tone to be more "culturally acceptable".
The company name is Unilever. Maybe I really AM twisted. Sounds like a sex toy to me.

Troubleshooter · 11-24-2004, 03:34 PM

Is it just me or is her nose a little bigger as well?

Wombat · 11-24-2004, 03:42 PM

The apparent change in skin tone is probably just caused by different light giving different exposure (no pun intended). And do you really think her nose could get any bigger?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-24-2004, 08:46 PM

Chanting....Burka for Bradshaw...Burka for Bradshaw...Burka for Bradshaw.

gregle · 11-25-2004, 07:14 AM

"Lucky she wasn't showing any ankle or they really would have let her have it."

"Retards."

Come now. Different cultures have different standards, for any number of cultural, religious and social reasons.

Over here in the UK we were laughing our arses off at the (to us) ludicrous furore that erupted over Janet Jackson's infamous 'nipple slip' at the Superbowl – "Quick Marjorie! Cover the children's eyes before they're corrupted forever and damned to an eternity in the fiery pit!"

By the same token, billboards and TV ads for shower/bath products across Europe regularly show women's breasts and nobody blinks – it's normal.

The quoted kneejerk reactions above are ill-thought-out and emit a slightly unpleasant whiff of xenophobia. Don't sneer at what you don't understand.

Clodfobble · 11-25-2004, 09:25 AM

Wow, the UK's stereotypical "American" name is Marjorie?

gregle · 11-25-2004, 12:14 PM

Not really - just the first thing that popped into my head, for some bizarre reason. You get my (slightly pompous) point though, surely?

Clodfobble · 11-25-2004, 12:33 PM

Oh yes, I got the overall point. I was just amused at the name choice. Here in the U.S. (or at least down south), the everyman Brit would be named Jeeves, or Nigel, or Niles.

Cyber Wolf · 11-25-2004, 07:39 PM

Someone quoted on WTOP that the coverup was done because it's WINTER now so she wouldn't be showing as much skin.

Har.

York · 11-26-2004, 11:41 AM

than they forgot the cap and gloves...

11-24-2004, 12:10 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	11/24/2004: Billboard coverup Can you feel the ass of the culture tightening? In this case it's in Israel, where a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews demanded that Sarah Jessica Parker's dress should be a little less revealing. full story

11-24-2004, 12:43 PM	#2
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	.............Lucky she wasn't showing any ankle or they really would have let her have it. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

11-24-2004, 02:22 PM	#3
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Retards... __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

11-24-2004, 03:29 PM	#5
Slothboy *No known superpowers. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 48	Well, come on. It's Israel for crying out loud, not Los Angeles. It was bad research to assume they would find that sort of marketing acceptable in the first place. I would agree that in the US the pendulum is swinging back to "tight ass" land, but Israel founded the Tight Ass Nation in the first place. At least they didn't burn the billboard to the ground. __________________ Super perfundo on the early eve of your day.

11-24-2004, 03:30 PM	#6
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	It appears to me that not only did they change her clothing, they changed her skin tone to be more "culturally acceptable". The company name is Unilever. Maybe I really AM twisted. Sounds like a sex toy to me. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

11-24-2004, 02:32 PM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Soon we'll be back to public floggings as punishment for using naughty words.

11-24-2004, 03:34 PM	#7
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Is it just me or is her nose a little bigger as well? __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

11-24-2004, 03:42 PM	#8
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	The apparent change in skin tone is probably just caused by different light giving different exposure (no pun intended). And do you really think her nose could get any bigger? __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

11-24-2004, 08:46 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Chanting....Burka for Bradshaw...Burka for Bradshaw...Burka for Bradshaw. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-25-2004, 07:14 AM	#10
gregle Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3	"Lucky she wasn't showing any ankle or they really would have let her have it." "Retards." Come now. Different cultures have different standards, for any number of cultural, religious and social reasons. Over here in the UK we were laughing our arses off at the (to us) ludicrous furore that erupted over Janet Jackson's infamous 'nipple slip' at the Superbowl – "Quick Marjorie! Cover the children's eyes before they're corrupted forever and damned to an eternity in the fiery pit!" By the same token, billboards and TV ads for shower/bath products across Europe regularly show women's breasts and nobody blinks – it's normal. The quoted kneejerk reactions above are ill-thought-out and emit a slightly unpleasant whiff of xenophobia. Don't sneer at what you don't understand.

11-25-2004, 09:25 AM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Wow, the UK's stereotypical "American" name is Marjorie?

11-25-2004, 12:14 PM	#12
gregle Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3	Not really - just the first thing that popped into my head, for some bizarre reason. You get my (slightly pompous) point though, surely?

11-25-2004, 12:33 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oh yes, I got the overall point. I was just amused at the name choice. Here in the U.S. (or at least down south), the everyman Brit would be named Jeeves, or Nigel, or Niles.

11-25-2004, 07:39 PM	#14
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Someone quoted on WTOP that the coverup was done because it's WINTER now so she wouldn't be showing as much skin. Har. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

11-26-2004, 11:41 AM	#15
York Operations Operative Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tienen , Belgium Posts: 537	than they forgot the cap and gloves...

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