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Alanis Morrisette gets "naked" (sort of) at Canadian music awards to protest "censorship"
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Posted on 04/05/2004 12:10:34 PM PDT by SB00
Alanis gets naked (sort of) at awards Singer protests U.S. censorship of song Monday, April 5, 2004 Posted: 9:18 AM EDT (1318 GMT)
EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) -- Canadian rocker Alanis Morissette didn't bare her breast like Janet Jackson, but she did bare her soul last night at Canada's annual music awards, demonstrating her disdain for what she called "hypocritical U.S. censorship."
Hosting the 2004 Juno Awards ceremonies, Canada's version of the Grammies, Morissette disrobed on stage to reveal a skin-colored, naked body suit with nipples and pubic hair.
As part of the skit, Morissette was then told by the show's assistant director that "actually, we can't show nipples or pubic hair on national TV," at which time the Ottawa-born singer pulled off the fake body parts.
The satirical act, says Morissette, was aimed at U.S. government institutions for over-reacting to cultural, free expression, as a result of the fallout surrounding Janet Jackson's Super Bowl faux pas, when her breast was accidentally exposed to millions of television viewers.
As you may or may not be aware, recently in the United States, I ran into a little problem with regards to a lyric in one my songs," Morissette told the near-sellout audience of 17,000, referring to her latest release titled, "Everything." The song includes the lyrics, "I can be an ***hole of the grandest kind."
"It was requested that I change a word in the first verse. Well, I am overjoyed to be back in my homeland, the true North ... strong and censor-free."
American radio stations threatened recently to ban the song, forcing Morissette to change the controversial word to "nightmare."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alanismorissette; bigass; canada; fcc; wicked
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To: martin_fierro
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...is for Lame, as well as Loser.
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posted on
04/06/2004 10:33:17 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day; martin_fierro
Thought the two of you might appreciate this...
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posted on
04/06/2004 10:49:16 AM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
(LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?)
To: Tennessee_Bob
LOL! That's perfect, except that Alanis would be on a short bus.
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posted on
04/06/2004 11:02:01 AM PDT
by
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To: SB00
Appropriate, since her video where she was nude was referred to as the monster box video...
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posted on
04/06/2004 11:03:11 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Constitution Day
Ok - here you go - you'll have to look close, the picture is kind of small...
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posted on
04/06/2004 11:45:09 AM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
(LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?)
To: martin_fierro
Naked Canadian ladys look like that?
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posted on
04/06/2004 11:49:43 AM PDT
by
linn37
(Have you hugged your Phlebotomist today?)
To: Constitution Day
LOL!
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posted on
04/06/2004 11:53:37 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(--->Islam and Democrats: equally dangerous to Americans<---)
To: null and void
I cannot believe it took 71 posts to get to a merkin joke! Oddly enough, I can't seem to find a picture of one.
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posted on
04/06/2004 7:09:28 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(in memory of James Edward Peck, my grandfather, who passed on 3/23/04)
To: socal_parrot
She's a bitch.
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posted on
04/06/2004 7:10:02 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(in memory of James Edward Peck, my grandfather, who passed on 3/23/04)
To: Xenalyte
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posted on
04/06/2004 7:28:38 PM PDT
by
null and void
(John f'ing Kerry - More positions than the Kama Sutra...)
To: null and void
I'll be damned. You really CAN learn anything on FR.
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posted on
04/06/2004 7:42:40 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(in memory of James Edward Peck, my grandfather, who passed on 3/23/04)
To: Xenalyte
Is that bitch or butch?
To: socal_parrot
Well, this one makes two. A Clark-Twain sandwich....mmmmm-hmmm.
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posted on
04/06/2004 9:19:45 PM PDT
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To: Libertarian444
She does look GOOD. She can sing me lullabies any time!!!
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posted on
04/07/2004 7:01:25 PM PDT
by
reg45
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