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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* C. S. Lewis' allegory "The Pilgrim's Regress". The singer in question is Mr. Phally, who is squeezed in between [[True Art Is Angsty|Victoriana]] and [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|Glugly]]. |
* [[C. S. Lewis]]' allegory "The Pilgrim's Regress". The singer in question is Mr. Phally, who is squeezed in between [[True Art Is Angsty|Victoriana]] and [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|Glugly]]. |
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* Discussed in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[ |
* Discussed in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Thud]]''—it's noted that the [[Stripperific]] clothing of exotic dancers is logically more obscene than "great art" showing completely naked women, on the account of (according to Sergeant Colon) the dancers having "No urns", or Plinths, or cupids in their presence. |
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** And again in ''[[ |
** And again in ''[[Wintersmith]]'', although when Nanny Ogg says the presence of cupids shows it's Art, and not just women with no clothes on, Granny Weatherwax sniffs, "Well, they're not foolin' ''me''." |
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* [[Camp Gay|Guy Blod]], a sculptor in ''[[Left Behind]]'', decides an appropriate memorial for the late Antichrist would be an enormous, highly-detailed metal nude. He reacts this way to "Tribulation Saints" who find the statue unsettling. (No one else |
* [[Camp Gay|Guy Blod]], a sculptor in ''[[Left Behind]]'', decides an appropriate memorial for the late Antichrist would be an enormous, highly-detailed metal nude. He reacts this way to "Tribulation Saints" who find the statue unsettling. (No one else cares; by this point in the series, all television is either porn or [[Gorn]]. Even the news.) |
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* Used as an excuse by the [[Anti-Hero]] in Eric Ambler's novel ''The Light of Day''. At one point in his life, he published illegal pornography of no literary value in several European countries and got prosecuted for it. When questioned about this by the Turkish police, he engages in sophistry and references the previous banning of works like ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (which had just been allowed to be published in England at the time Ambler's novel was written). |
* Used as an excuse by the [[Anti-Hero]] in Eric Ambler's novel ''The Light of Day''. At one point in his life, he published illegal pornography of no literary value in several European countries and got prosecuted for it. When questioned about this by the Turkish police, he engages in sophistry and references the previous banning of works like ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (which had just been allowed to be published in England at the time Ambler's novel was written). |
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* In [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s ''[[God Bless You Mr Rosewater|God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater]]'', conservative Senator Rosewater is quite proud that he created a law that defines what is obscene and not art. If it has pubic hair, it's pornography. (Note that this was before the modern custom of porn stars [[Loophole Abuse|shaving off their pubic hair]]). |
* In [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s ''[[God Bless You Mr Rosewater|God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater]]'', conservative Senator Rosewater is quite proud that he created a law that defines what is obscene and not art. If it has pubic hair, it's pornography. (Note that this was before the modern custom of porn stars [[Loophole Abuse|shaving off their pubic hair]]). |
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* From one of [[Dave Barry |
* From one of [[Dave Barry]]'s books: |
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{{quote|"So, you claim this film expresses an environmentalist theme?" |
{{quote|"So, you claim this film expresses an environmentalist theme?" |
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"Yes. The woman feels ''very passionately'' about the zucchini." }} |
"Yes. The woman feels ''very passionately'' about the zucchini." }} |
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== Live |
== Live-Action TV == |
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* ''[[30 Rock]]'': in the episode "Cougars", Frank's poorly rendered painting of a mermaid had to have the breasts covered for Standards, yet the outside of 30 Rockefeller Center is covered with carvings of topless women which are shown every week in the title sequence. |
* ''[[30 Rock]]'': in the episode "Cougars", Frank's poorly rendered painting of a mermaid had to have the breasts covered for Standards, yet the outside of 30 Rockefeller Center is covered with carvings of topless women which are shown every week in the title sequence. |
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* ''[[Boston Legal]]'' has a university professor accused of soliciting prostitution under the guise of "research". He had made a video of himself with the prostitute that the prosecution is going to use as evidence. But, taking advantage of the odd American legal rule, his own lawyers argue that he actually ''was'' creating pornography and was therefore protected under the First Amendment. If it's porn, it's not prostitution and therefore not a crime! |
* ''[[Boston Legal]]'' has a university professor accused of soliciting prostitution under the guise of "research". He had made a video of himself with the prostitute that the prosecution is going to use as evidence. But, taking advantage of the odd American legal rule, his own lawyers argue that he actually ''was'' creating pornography and was therefore protected under the First Amendment. If it's porn, it's not prostitution and therefore not a crime! |
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