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HBO gets raw -- or is it raunchy? (HBO gets into the hardcore porn business)
The Chicago Tribune ^ | July 14, 2007 | Scott Collins

Posted on 08/20/2007 11:59:41 AM PDT by DesScorp

Bosoms and things: That's not exactly a plot summary of "Tell Me," but it's not a bad place to start. Because that's where many viewers will start. Whatever else it may or may not be, "Tell Me," at least in its current form, will set a new precedent for prime-time TV when it has its premiere Sept. 9: No previous series, on pay cable or anywhere else, has dared show anything even close to this much skin; the climax, if you will, of the first episode finds a woman (Sonya Walger) in her 30s masturbating her husband (Adam Scott) to orgasm, with the entire act and all relevant body parts plainly visible. Even Jane Alexander — yes, that Jane Alexander, the snow-domed, regally poised 67-year-old former chief of the National Endowment for the Arts — drops trousers for some frisky senior sex

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: cable; hbo; morals; porn; trashtv
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To: traditional1

HBO isn’t a “broadcast” channel....which is why they get to have their “Real Sex” porn series as well, without FCC stepping in.


41 posted on 08/20/2007 12:31:46 PM PDT by ElectricStrawberry (1/27 Wolfhounds...cut in half during the Clinton years.)
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To: rintense
He's right. The government has no place in this. If you don't want to see the sex, turn the channel.

he's right, but there is more to it.

You don't even have to change the channel if it bothers you that much, HBO is a paid premium channel, you can drop the whole network (remember, you actually have to pay to get HBO), if it really bothers folks, vote with the wallet.

42 posted on 08/20/2007 12:32:46 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: traditional1

I voted with my wallet.

Me: We keep getting movie channels that we don’t want.

Sattelite people: Don’t worry those were free weekends promos.

Me: I don’t want them.

Sattelite people: Don’t worry it’s free.

Me: Really, I don’t want them. I don’t want you to give them to me for free.

Sattelite people: I don’t know what you’re complaining about, it’s free.

Me. I don’t care about the money, I don’t want that in my house.

Sattelite people. Well it’s free to all subscribers, if you don’t want to see it, you will have to block the channels.

Me. You’re telling me that I have to read the manual and program my box if I don’t want a channel that I chose not to subscribe to?

Sattelite people. Yes, we send these channels to all of our subscribers during promo weekends.

Me. You mean the only way I can not get the channels is to terminate my subscription?

Sattelite people. Yes.

At least we agreed on how the conversation would end.


43 posted on 08/20/2007 12:34:34 PM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: WOSG
"Jane, you ignorant slut!"

LOL....the ol' SNL classic line. (That's what the mothers of these two goofballs should have greeted them with when they got home....)

44 posted on 08/20/2007 12:35:33 PM PDT by traditional1 ( "A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off)
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To: Sonny M
"HBO is a paid premium channel, you can drop the whole network"

I did that a LONG time ago...

45 posted on 08/20/2007 12:38:01 PM PDT by traditional1 ( "A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off)
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To: ElectricStrawberry; Williams
"Real Sex" ended up becoming a standard porn vehicle, which is why I stopped watching it after Episode #12 or so.

I hung on because Episode #3 had a magnificent 15 minute segment on a Cherokee sex therapist. He explained Cherokee sexual lore, knowledge and techniques built up over generations. The information I gleaned was put to immediate use and had wonderful repercussions.

Unfortunately, everything after Episode #3 was a waste of time.

46 posted on 08/20/2007 12:38:57 PM PDT by Publius (A = A)
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To: DesScorp
When I first read about this show in the newspaper, I checked wikipedia to see if there was an article on it. There wasn't, so I started one.

If this show becomes a huge hit, then millions of people will read the article that I started!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Me_You_Love_Me

47 posted on 08/20/2007 12:39:19 PM PDT by grundle
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To: DesScorp

The only thing HBO has had for many years that was of any interest to me was “The Sopranos”, and that ended with a whimper, not a bang. I cancelled the day after their finale, snice most of HBO’s other programming is junk and old (not recent)movies.


48 posted on 08/20/2007 12:40:18 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: AU72; DesScorp
Jane Alexander doing hard core porn on HBO?!

I'll pass.

Jane you ignorant slut!

49 posted on 08/20/2007 12:41:11 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Pistolshot

She was a mutt 30 years ago.


50 posted on 08/20/2007 12:41:23 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: everyone

Free your mind - get rid of your TV. Cutting yourself off from the sewer pipe was the best thing I’ve ever done.


51 posted on 08/20/2007 12:41:39 PM PDT by this is my name not yours (Proudly TV free for 3 years.)
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To: this is my name not yours
Free your mind - get rid of your TV. Cutting yourself off from the sewer pipe was the best thing I’ve ever done.

But the TV is everyone's proof that the sky is falling!

52 posted on 08/20/2007 12:43:16 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: DesScorp

I guess the real test will arrive when the first season’s DVD is on sale everywhere ... except Blockbuster and WalMart.


53 posted on 08/20/2007 12:44:33 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a Liberal when I married her.)
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To: DesScorp
They canceled Rome for this? O tempora, o mores.
54 posted on 08/20/2007 12:45:20 PM PDT by Caesar Soze
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To: DesScorp
regally poised 67-year-old former chief of the National Endowment for the Arts

I wonder if she'll make an "endowment" joke.

55 posted on 08/20/2007 12:45:35 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a Liberal when I married her.)
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To: Sonny M

I should have said subscribers in the case of cable. I liked the Sopranos which was fairly racy. “Band of Brothers” was outstanding. There was an HBO show called “K Street” about Washington lobbying and public relations I liked but it didn’t last. I’m not going to unsubscribe but like someone else said above, I can rent stuff like this in the back room of the video store. But I can see some families canceling HBO and potential public protests over this series.


56 posted on 08/20/2007 12:46:11 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: Sonny M

“He’s right. The government has no place in this. If you don’t want to see the sex, turn the channel.
he’s right, but there is more to it.

You don’t even have to change the channel if it bothers you that much, HBO is a paid premium channel, you can drop the whole network (remember, you actually have to pay to get HBO), if it really bothers folks, vote with the wallet.”


But it’s much more fun for the Nannies among us to decide what should and should not be viewed by consenting adults. Leave it to the evangelical taliban to make sexuality criminal.


57 posted on 08/20/2007 12:49:25 PM PDT by BritExPatInFla
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To: Pistolshot

GGMINLF


58 posted on 08/20/2007 12:52:12 PM PDT by wolfcreek (2 bad Tyranny, Treachery and Treason never take a vacation...)
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To: grundle
The Wiki on Sonya Walger claims all the sex is fake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Walger

59 posted on 08/20/2007 12:54:18 PM PDT by colorado tanker (I'm unmoderated - just ask Bill O'Reilly)
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To: BritExPatInFla

“But it’s much more fun for the Nannies among us to decide what should and should not be viewed by consenting adults. Leave it to the evangelical taliban to make sexuality criminal.”

Leave it to Libertarians to put it everywhere.


60 posted on 08/20/2007 12:58:50 PM PDT by DesScorp
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