[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Homosexuality (from the main list)

[Mrs Snape (Dinah)]

Slow as always, but something occured to me while watching telly...

Neil wrote:
<<It will always be an issue until people stop assuming heterosexuality as a
default.>>

Most recent example: They have a new, very summery advert from an ice-cream
company here. It shows a beautiful beach and a huge Sailing Ship that is
decorated with pink small windmills and yellow shalws that fly in the wind.
On the ship a party is going on and it's the most ecclectic crowd I've ever
seen on TV. One guy, tattoed from head to toe, with a baby in his arms, the
typical beach shots with people snuggling in hammocks and so on. When they
first showed it, there was also one scene that showed a man and a woman from
the back, chasing over the beach sans clothes (their white butts in stark
contrast to their tan <g>) and a scene with two women kissing. I saw that
version about three times.

Then the nakedness and the kissing was cut out and replaced with more
"harmless" shots. Obviously it didn't do for the imagie of an ice-cream
company whose main clients are the kids begging their parents for sweets.
Still I think it's rather sad because I thought showing such a versatile
groups of people having fun together without having to worry about making a
political statement with it was a great idea...

And with all the nakedness going on on TV (sex sells, after all), those two
butts weren't really a novelty <g>

Dinah


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