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The Oscars: Seth MacFarlane's 'We Saw Your Boobs' Song Outraged Women In Hollywood
Business Insider ^ | 02/28/2013 | Aly Weisman

Posted on 02/28/2013 7:31:33 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Despite solid ratings for Sunday's 85th annual Academy Awards, host Seth MacFarlane is catching a lot of flak for his crude jokes about women, Jews, Abraham Lincoln and most notably, actresses' boobs.

In a musical number titled "We Saw Your Boobs," MacFarlane pointed out actresses who have bared all on-screen — often during emotionally-charged or rape scenes. Women both in the audience and watching at home were offended by the song, calling it crass and inappropriate. We spoke with Elizabeth Cantillon, film producer and executive vice president of production at Sony who was in the audience at the Dolby Theater Sunday night, who tells us she and her colleagues were outraged:

I was with a number of women in the movie business who were shocked that that's what the Academy Awards chose to emphasize when really what we should be doing is promoting growth to our business and what's great about our business.

You're talking about the great American actresses, you're talking about Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep. People who have had long and successful careers, have won awards, and objectifying them and it's not right — even if you're trying to be humorous it's identifying a select group and picking on them for ridicule. Which I would think, with the history of the Academy and people who are contributors in Hollywood, that wouldn't be okay.

Even if it had been hilariously funny, I don't know that that should be the source of comedy on a show that is meant to promote our business around the world. These women are international stars, that's their business, they're important businesswomen as well as artists and that's key to success in our business and appreciating them.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: academyawards; oscars; sethmacfarlane
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To: KittenClaws

BWAHAHAhahahahahahahahahahaha!

You’re right. “Halle Berry’s Boobs” is a tongue twister.

Oh...wait...


81 posted on 02/28/2013 12:39:48 PM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: SampleMan
It's called acting.

Right! I don't think this great American Actress ever showed her boobs. Not a classical beauty, but classy:

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82 posted on 02/28/2013 12:42:13 PM PST by KittenClaws (You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Lee'sGhost

BWAHAHAhahahahahahahahahahaha!

You’re right. “Halle Berry’s Boobs” is a tongue twister.

Oh...wait...

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ROFLOL! No one can accuse you of being slow...


83 posted on 02/28/2013 12:52:18 PM PST by KittenClaws (You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
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