X-rated films exposed on campuses

Washington Times ^ | April 2, 2009 | Jennifer Harper

[La Lydia]

...Some of the most hoity-toity universities in the nation are offering students an unusual distraction from the stress of academic life. In recent weeks, "Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge" - an X-rated swashbuckler with hundreds of special effects - has been screened in campus theaters at the University of California at Los Angeles, Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Southern Connecticut University. The University of California at Davis will show "Pirates" on Thursday evening, the University of Maryland at midnight Saturday.

"I'm always impressed by the open-minded attitude in our country's universities. Sex is a topic which should be discussed in the open. It is no longer taboo," said Ali Joone, who wrote and directed the film and serves as chief executive officer of ...a California-based adult-film studio that has produced more than 300 titles.

The company is mainstreaming its racy fare, offering films to student activities offices around the country. Though policies vary, campus officials do not forbid pornographic materials to be screened for the most part, though some administrations stipulate that attendees must be older than 18....

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[La Lydia]

I think I would find my kid a different school.

[rabscuttle385]

I'm always impressed by the open-minded attitude in our country's universities.

There is a difference between having an open mind and willingly submitting oneself to degeneracy, uncouthness, and savagery...a difference that appears to be lost on these folks.

[crusty old prospector]

Notice that they are all Blue State colleges. Next, it will be Barney’s Frank kind of pictures.

[GOPJ]

I'm always impressed by the open-minded attitude in our country's universities.

Open minded? Try going to a campus and talking about traditional values and that "open mind" will snap shut.

[martin_fierro]

Though policies vary, campus officials do not forbid pornographic materials to be screened for the most part, though some administrations stipulate that attendees must be older than 18

Gee, that's nice.

[rabscuttle385]

Open minded? Try going to a campus and talking about traditional values and that "open mind" will snap shut.

You don't have to tell me. This is my last semester at U.Va., thankfully.

[rabscuttle385]

Maryland ping!

[LeonardFMason]

What if the film were...AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH Rated?

[TC Rider]

Nobody under 18 can get in, and we require a state-issued ID.

God forbid we should ask the same kids for ID when they vote!

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Is it Talk Like a Pirate Day again already?

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Isn’t college great? Free condoms and porno!

[Charles Martel]

(The theater manager) compared the experience to attending the "Rocky Horror Picture Show," a 1975 British musical parody of the horror genre that has built a solid following of obsessed fans who know every lyric, and often attend dressed as their favorite character from the film.

This is a specious comparison, at best... unless some people in the audience are acting out scenes from the porn films (not all that unlikely, I'm afraid).

[neocon1984]

How does this jibe with the ubiquitous Women’s Groups who decry pornography as objectivizing women and making them more vulnerable to physical attack?

I am probably foolish to expect a little intellectual consistency when it comes to advanced babysitting (i.e., college).

[DTogo]

Next, it will be Barney’s Frank kind of pictures.

"Butt Pirates!"

Captain Frankbeard sails the Fannie Mae in search of Freddie Mac's mainmast...

[M. Dodge Thomas]

Rndy college student watch X rated movies?

I am shocked... SHOCKED... to learn this.

[a fool in paradise]

Well then school administrators differ in opinion with the American Library Ass.

They’d give a minor access to X-rated materials as they disagree with the concept of “Age appropriate materials”.

[a fool in paradise]

This is a specious comparison, at best... unless some people in the audience are acting out scenes from the porn films (not all that unlikely, I'm afraid).

Is there a scene with the popcorn bag trick?

[a fool in paradise]

Many a pirate (and gangster) died of VD.

But the kids aren’t told that side of it.

[a fool in paradise]

Time was when the Maryland State Censor (they had one into the late 1970s or 1980s) wouldn’t let John Waters’ X-rated comedies show in the state without an edit.