Will Adam Lambert really bring a change to the apparently double-standard censorship that seem to be present in the US media?
Cannot believe it? I found some examples:
1. Adam Lambert is Censored – Madonna and Britney Are Immortalized
Double Standard Censorship: What’s Okay for Girls Isn’t Okay for Boys
by Damien Andrews, AP
After American Idol finalist Adam Lambert kissed a boy during his performance at the 2009 American Music Awards, CBS network executives immediately blurred the image for all repeat broadcasts on their channel. But when Madonna kissed Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV Video Music awards, that 15 second girl-on-girl kiss was all we saw on the news for a month. And it was as clear as crystal. In fact some news networks slowed the footage down and enlarged it so we could see just how saucy (pornographic?) Britney and Madonna got during their open mouth smooch. They blurred Adam Lambert’s kiss, but enlarged and enhanced Madonna and Britney’s kiss. My point is: double standard censoring is alive and well. Girls kissing girls on TV has become a lucrative business out in Hollywood, in part thanks to the award winning Showtime lesbian drama, The L-Word. But you will never see a show like The L-Word based on men, apparently. Mainstream society has become very comfortable with a girl kissing another girl. But obviously we are still not ready to see a boy kissing another boy on TV. Just ask Adam Lambert.
In a straight male dominated world, scenes like Adam Lambert kissing another boy will never be widely accepted on TV or in the movies. One question I keep asking myself is: if Adam Lambert was a girl, would his same sex kiss have been blurred out at the AMA’s? Um, well, obviously not. Is that okay? No, not really.
2. Madonna Kissing Britney Spears and Christina Aguillera, MTV Music Awards
2. A clip of the performance by P!NK on Billboard Awards 2004:
See the whole performance here:
UPDATED: Pink’s performance provoked strong reactions too.
Any more? give me a shout!
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