Last night's episode of Rome was probably the most chocked full of sex so far - Antony and Atia, Antony and Octavia, Agrippa and Octavia, and Pullo and Gaia. That gives Antony and Octavia two each, to the others' one. But the best scene was Pullo and Gaia - those underclass Romans sure knew how to do it... (note added at end of March - check out the next to last episode of the season, too)...
HBO knows how to do it, too. The first movie I ever saw on HBO, in the late 1980s, had Lynda Carter naked from the waist up. (She played Wonder Woman on tv, but this was a movie without super heroes.) Since HBO was not broadcast over public airways, but delivered on cable, it was free of FCC meddling.
HBO has gone on, under Sheila Nevins' leadership, to score all kinds of firsts in the presentation of sex on television. The documentaries - Real Sex, Taxicab Confessions, etc - have been especially pathbreaking in this area.
And, much as I hate to sound a sour note in such a joyous chorus, all of that could end if Congress and the FCC have their way with cable, and extend to it their already unconstitutional control of broadcast media. Imagine cable television unable to show even Janet Jackson's breast for a split second - or being vulnerable to multi-million dollar fines if it did.
That's the world of television we'll be treated to if the FCC and Congress have their way with your and my cable. You may think freedom of speech is only a political issue, and if you're not involved with or concerned about politics it doesn't concern you. You'd be right that it is indeed a political issue, but wrong that it doesn't concern you - that is, assuming you enjoy some nudity and sex from time to time on HBO, Showtime, et al.
If you're in that enjoying-sex-on-television camp, you ought to write your Senator and Representative, speak out whenever you can.
In the meantime, I'll continue to keep my eyes peeled for good hot scenes on HBO and elsewhere, so I can write about them knowledgeably.
Useful links:
complete review of the entire Season 2 of Rome, episode by episode - blogged minutes after the end of each show
Derriere and Bosom on the Tudors: What the FCC Doesn't Want Us To See
HBO knows how to do it, too. The first movie I ever saw on HBO, in the late 1980s, had Lynda Carter naked from the waist up. (She played Wonder Woman on tv, but this was a movie without super heroes.) Since HBO was not broadcast over public airways, but delivered on cable, it was free of FCC meddling.
HBO has gone on, under Sheila Nevins' leadership, to score all kinds of firsts in the presentation of sex on television. The documentaries - Real Sex, Taxicab Confessions, etc - have been especially pathbreaking in this area.
And, much as I hate to sound a sour note in such a joyous chorus, all of that could end if Congress and the FCC have their way with cable, and extend to it their already unconstitutional control of broadcast media. Imagine cable television unable to show even Janet Jackson's breast for a split second - or being vulnerable to multi-million dollar fines if it did.
That's the world of television we'll be treated to if the FCC and Congress have their way with your and my cable. You may think freedom of speech is only a political issue, and if you're not involved with or concerned about politics it doesn't concern you. You'd be right that it is indeed a political issue, but wrong that it doesn't concern you - that is, assuming you enjoy some nudity and sex from time to time on HBO, Showtime, et al.
If you're in that enjoying-sex-on-television camp, you ought to write your Senator and Representative, speak out whenever you can.
In the meantime, I'll continue to keep my eyes peeled for good hot scenes on HBO and elsewhere, so I can write about them knowledgeably.
Useful links:
complete review of the entire Season 2 of Rome, episode by episode - blogged minutes after the end of each show
Derriere and Bosom on the Tudors: What the FCC Doesn't Want Us To See
2 comments:
I have to admit, from what you've described of Rome and HBO's quality of programming, I don't for a minute regret my decision to cancel cable.
Your loss, Angie.
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