'Porno posters' embarrass new EU head Spoof images of Queen, Bush, Chirac raise eyebrows in Austria

CNN.com ^ | December 28, 2005 | Reuters

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VIENNA, Austria (Reuters) -- Spoof posters depicting Britain's Queen Elizabeth having sex with the U.S. and French presidents that are displayed across Vienna are causing embarrassment just days ahead of Austria's taking over the EU presidency.

The images show two naked female models wearing masks of President George W. Bush and the queen, and a male model with a President Jacques Chirac mask, positioned as if they are having sex.

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The posters were meant to "reflect on the different social, historical and political developments in Europe"...400 billboards in prominent places across the city

Screw the EU.

[Gordongekko909]

reflect on the different social, historical and political developments in Europe

I hate art.

[tet68]

You know the rules.....Pictures, we want Pictures!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

25peaces received 1 million euros ($1.2 million) funding from the Austrian government for the works.

So the Austrian government is financing porn? Not that I'm surprised . . .

[Clemenza]

Remember that William F. Buckley had Blackford Oakes do the beast with two backs with Ol' Liz in "Saving the Queen."

[Brilliant]

I'm sure that the reason this is raising eyebrows is that the Austrians believe the photos are real.

[monkeybrau]

Here is a link to the poster, as listed on the Krone-Zeitung website (warning: nudity).

Link

This is what a million Euros can come up with.

The tabloid Kronen-Zeitung, read by half of Austria's population, called for immediate removal of the "porno posters" from 400 billboards in prominent places across the city.

[Gordongekko909]

I've got two words for you: Mapplethorpe Exhibit.

[Gordongekko909]

Wow. Creative.

[freedumb2003]

Spoof posters depicting Britain's Queen Elizabeth having sex with the U.S. and French presidents

Pictures, we want Pictures!

You sure about that, tet?

[cripplecreek]

What kind of twisted moron would use a male model for Chirac?

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[labette]

Well...I had to look.
And I still can't tell who the actors are portraying.

[dighton]

Putting him in jeopardy of something awful, under a treason statute from the reign (IIRC) of Edward III.

[kcar]

Can we finally get a declaration of war for this? This simply must not stand. Chirac and a queen, that's parody, maybe... But Bush? Nuke their lights out.

[TCats]

"So the Austrian government is financing porn? Not that I'm surprised . . ."

Why not? I'll bet we finance our share of it right here in the form of disguised Community Development Grants or some other such inanities and Gov't intrusions into the 'Arts'.

[newzjunkey]

No wonder Arnold told 'm to take his name off things in Austria.

[fat city]

So they're raising eyebrows in Austria, eh? Very suspicious. I'd be surprised if they weren't also raising hackles.

[monkeybrau]

The story isn't that some want them removed, it's that during the printing and raising of the 400 billboards no one thought it might be offensive. European state of mind.

[linn37]

Not even mildly amusing. To be funny or upsetting things must make some sort of sense.