Hello! I am back in the UK--specifically London--for three out of the four next months. Hope you all (all three of you) didn't miss me too much. :)
I'm sure many of you have heard of The Sun, a very popular tabloid (3 million copies per day sold nationwide in March 2010) owned by Murdoch. I don't personally read it, but an old man was reading it on the Tube on our way into Central London. I looked over in his direction and was taken aback by a large photo of a topless woman, and equally disturbed that this old man was reading the attached article. Dan must have seen my reaction and quickly told me that the Sun was notorious for their page 3 naked girl (and a quick Wikipedia check confirms this is indeed true). Craziness!
The US is well known for our Puritan ways, whether we like to admit to it or not. Bitch is slowly appearing on late night television, but four letter words and nakedness are only on premium cable channels like HBO and Cinnemax (aka, Skinamax). And publications, newspapers and tabloids, err on the side of fat actresses/actors in swimwear instead of full fledged nudity. Meanwhile, UK television will have nakedness and cursing at around 9pm on free-view (non-cable subscription TV)! Then you have the Sun of course. Funny how we are not similar in this respect.
I guess this is what flaming liberalism feels like?!?
I remember seeing this when I lived there. Quite shocking as a 13-year old to see a naked lady in the newspaper. I actually think the way England views sex as not a big deal and violence as a much bigger deal is the right outlook. And as you pointed out, completely opposite of the US.
ReplyDeleteI think they like a little bit of both violence and sex... and often times together, which is similar to the US; we just restrict our youth from viewing it at an early age, thus causing them to want to play GTA at the tender age of 5.
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