Re: Gay-rights backers don't want 'Dr. Laura' on TV

["Bob Nelson...WMWM" <bobonradio@yahoo.com>]

I certainly remember the flap over "Last Temptation of
Christ". Here are some other movies and TV shows
(etc.) that (may have) benefitted from boycotts:

--"Married With Children" (a preacher warned about the
evils of the show. It became a big hit anyway--wonder
if the publicity spurred people to check out the
show?)

--South Park ("our parents says it's bad
for us--let's watch!". Rebellion among the kiddies...
although the show is starting to lose some steam
now.)

--Pepsi, which pulled their ads featuring Madonna's
"Like A Prayer". As far as I know, sales didn't go
down and may have gone up. "There's no such thing as
bad publicity"..."Say what you want about me,
just spell my name right".

--Howard Stern (those FCC fines are a drop in the
bucket compared to ad revenues)


--- Brian Vita <brian_vita@cssinc.com> wrote:


> A few years later one 
> of my customers played "The Last Temptation of
> Christ".  Both of these 
> movies were, in my critical opinion, crap.  In both
> cases we, as theatre 
> managers, received calls from some irate groups who
> protested our 
> respective theatres with picket lines, media
> coverage, etc.  Had these 
> folks kept their mouths shut the movies would have
> quietly come and gone 
> attracting virtually no audience.  

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