I just read in my paper about the cover of the latest John Irving book being changed for the US version because it was too 'revealing'. Now, this is the original cover:
Ie, the side of a boob.
The American version of the cover turns out to be just a white-red color background.
What I wanted to know then was: is it really that unthinkable to see things like a naked boob in everyday context in the US? Not just because of this thing, I'm asking because of recurring news reports about this or that having to be changed in the US because it is 'too sexual'. Editing Lindsay Lohan's boobs a cup or two smaller and redoing the 'jumping scenes' in her latest movie , the Janet Jackson thing, etc...
There's currently a (woman's) magazine over here that is trying to make publicity for their erotic wellness guide by using the following man-size poster in just about every bus stop.
So; a naked woman sitting on a man in meditation position. (as you can imagine, this makes for agreeable bus waits, they are really nice boobs) So, is this unthinkable in the US? Or are the censorship attempts not consequent and are only some things censored and others not? Cos I mean, that cover of irvings book...wtf? That's not even a boob, there's no nipple!
Eagerly awaiting transatlantic input...and preferrably, a stance towards this. (well, I'm 99% sure I know what Satis thinks but still, knock yourself out
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