Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ncsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!eagle!harpo!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!mauney From: mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: More Real Dirt on Porn Message-ID: <2520@ncsu.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 11:36:21 EST Article-I.D.: ncsu.2520 Posted: Mon Mar 5 11:36:21 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Mar-84 03:34:06 EST Organization: N.C. State University, Raleigh Lines: 27 Last night I watched a movie on network TV. It seemed to convey the message that "it's OK to hit your (pregnant) wife, if you are good in bed" and "it's OK to rape your sister-in-law (while your wife is in the maternity ward) if she is already unbalanced so that no one will believe her when she complains." I mean, the message is pretty clear; brutish Stanley goes back to life as usual with Stella and the new baby, while delicate, sensitive Blanche gets carted off to the looney bin. Although the movie is not "explicit", the rape and wife-beating are unmistakable. It would seem to be a definite affront to women and a threat to society. And yet... I would argue that "A Streetcar Named Desire" is a classic of the theater, and any censorship of it would be a great loss. and Any similar artistic effort should also be taken seriously, even though it falls short of success. and There is no workable method of distinguishing serious but flawed movies from successful exploitation movies. The nauseating Gor books might be a serious science fiction portrayal of the way human society could have gone, and "Debbie Does Dallas" is the fable of some enterprising young cheerleaders who are led astray by our corrupt capitalistic system. Who can tell? No set of rigid rules can tell porn from serious movies, and any system based on opinion is subject to abuse from all sides. -- _Doctor_ Jon Mauney, mcnc!ncsu!mauney \__Mu__/ North Carolina State University