The Year of Living Indecently (Frank Rich Blames Bush Victory on 'Wardrobe Malfunction')

NY Times ^ | Sunday, February 6 2005 | Frank Rich

[gopwinsin04]

On the first anniversary of the Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction that shook the world, it's clear that just one was enough to wreak havoc. The ensuing Washington indecency crusade has unleased a wave of self-censorship on American television unrivaled since the McCarthy era.

Even NBC's presentation of the Summer Olympics, in which actors donned body suits to simulate 'nude' ancient Greek statues, is under investigation.

This repressive cultural environment was officialy ratified on November 2nd, when Ms. Jackson's breast pulled off its greatest coup of all: the re-election of President Bush.

Or so it was decreed by the media hoarde that retroactively delared that 'moral values' was the campaigns decisive issue.

The policial bosses of so called 'family orginizations' are now spending their political capital like drunken sailors, redoubling their demands that the Bush Administration marginalize gay people, stamp out sex education and turn popular culture into a continious loop of 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.'

[watchin]

Just so it keeps them busy fighting the wrong battle.

I can see them now, in a heated debate: should they push the coup-pulling breast back in the blouse, or stick with their convictions and whip it out in the name of art, diversity, and women's rights?

Meanwhile, Bush brings democracy to the Middle-East.

[freebilly]

Ms. Jackson's breast pulled off its greatest coup of all: the re-election of President Bush

Wow! I thought Janet Jackson just gave us a breast, but who knew we'd get a Bush, too...?

I suppose if Kerry'd been elected we'd be talking about a couple of matching boobs....

[durasell]

When all you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.

Analysis of the country through the lens of pop culture is a really bad idea and the exact opposite of how either should be looked at.