Re: US Porn Busts and The UK
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:35 am
Charlie, you raise a good point.
The general consensus seems to be that ?Forced Entry? will be the one title which leads to a guilty verdict. Given that only a limited number of people using this forum would consent to watch it, it?s easy to see how a jury in a conservative US state will react when faced with the scenes you describe in a courtroom.
Interestingly, ?Forced Entry? was also the title of a notorious film, that dealt with the same themes in the anything goes days of 70?s smut cinema. Even back in an age when sexual boundaries were being transgressed on a daily basis, it was met by wide spread revulsion by audiences. This doesn?t bode well given the current political climate in the US.
Personally, I think Black was asking for it, an attempt to achieve the iconic status of ?freedom fighter?, a role previously adopted by both Larry Flynt and Al Goldstein. Regardless of his motives, things are likely to get very difficult for the US smut community if he finds himself looking at a lengthy jail sentence.
The general consensus seems to be that ?Forced Entry? will be the one title which leads to a guilty verdict. Given that only a limited number of people using this forum would consent to watch it, it?s easy to see how a jury in a conservative US state will react when faced with the scenes you describe in a courtroom.
Interestingly, ?Forced Entry? was also the title of a notorious film, that dealt with the same themes in the anything goes days of 70?s smut cinema. Even back in an age when sexual boundaries were being transgressed on a daily basis, it was met by wide spread revulsion by audiences. This doesn?t bode well given the current political climate in the US.
Personally, I think Black was asking for it, an attempt to achieve the iconic status of ?freedom fighter?, a role previously adopted by both Larry Flynt and Al Goldstein. Regardless of his motives, things are likely to get very difficult for the US smut community if he finds himself looking at a lengthy jail sentence.