1960s anti-porn propaganda film

[dangermousie]

This is the most awesome, hilarious thing I've ever seen.

A real 'antiporn' ad from the 60s:

Comments

[magalamb.livejournal.com]

Doesn't he realise that his method of presentation detracts from the very message he is trying tosend? This reminds me of the anti-comic book ads of the same time...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

There were anti comic book ads? Whyyyyyy?

[magalamb.livejournal.com]

... apparently they caused violence or something... we watched a clip from a documentary about if in my English class. We read a graphic novel (Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan) and part of the lecture was on the development of comic books in the US as opposed to France or Japan, talking about how comics were once a taboo and whatnot. It was fascinating, I really hope I can find the whole documentary one day!... it's called Comic Book Confidential.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's crazy.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

At one point, there was this movement where dozens women loaded up shopping carts with as much meat as they could flooded the area around the registers and said that they(and thus, most of the store's meat) wasn't moving until allthe comics were taken down.

The result was this lovely thing called the "comics code" where you cant use the fword or show certain body parts or acts, but you can murder, maim, commit adultery, have nudity obscured by leaves and shadows cuss as long as it reads "^%^*%*%^" with enough context to know EXACTLY what the word is, ad infinitum.

Of course, the code itself is optional now.

Ah world of comics, I love you so...when I don't want to take a poker and drive it through your leaders' bodies multiple times for completely rewriting history andcharacters to suit their whims, that is.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is crazy.

I read Chabon's 'Kavalier and Clay' so I knew about the code but I had no idea of the above...whoa. They should have seen some manga :D

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I don't know kavalier and clay. but yeah. to be fair aboutthe above, though, at the time, comics placement would sometimes be like putting an unwrapped playboy right beside a kids magazine, which isnt how it should be...separate the things, blast it. The code itself degenerated into a joke and is basically non-existant now, but it did serve a good purpose at one point. Hmm...now you have me pondering what comics you'd like.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You might really like the novel. It's about two fictional comic book artists coming up with comics in the 30s-50s. It's awesome.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

And where, may I ask, did we find this jewel?

I love how it ends with him sticking his tonue out...and their idea of obscuring things, and did you notice they blocked every female butt, but almost no male butts? AND THOSE BULGES!!!

*dies*

*resurrects self so she can do the dishes and then use them to make dinner*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL.

Youtube.

But yeah, I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

LMAO!!! That was amazing!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know.

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

Incredible o_O. And all the part about homosexual magazines? awesome :o! I didn't even knew you could have an anti-porn clip.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

This was hilarious, with the refs to nudists and transvestites.

[morwen_peredhil]

Thanks for the free porn, tightassed white dude! I'll bet he spent HOURS and HOURS every day doing "research" on this very important issue facing our nation today.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am sure he looked forward to researching the grave danger. Thoroughly.

[minerva-fan.livejournal.com]

Dude, I think George Putnam had a woody...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It's from all that exhausting research.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

...dude. Blocking out the faces of the women makes them MORE objectified...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Serves them right for not making casserole in the kitchen. :P

[raisintorte.livejournal.com]

That was SO FANTASTIC.

SO FANTASTIC.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know, it's a gem.

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

mr putnam seemed to like to use big words to indicate something so simple... and seriously that was just hillarious..

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It was the most random, hilarious thing ever.

[carviangli.livejournal.com]

RFLAMO! I loved it how he was all serious when he's like "they may not no it, but it can make normal men have perverted thoughts" Oh Really?!
Lol. These 1960's ads crack me up. There is one for like, everything.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's just crazy...

[autumnflame.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHA *dead*

I applaud Mr. Putnam for putting in the hours of thorough, dedicated research in order to reveal its dirty secrets and hidden dangers to a public that probably wasn't aware of its existence before. (And the slow, lingering shots on said taboo material...)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL.

I approve of the icon btw.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeeeee! Do you think it is serious? It looks like a parody or something..

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't swear to it, but it looks real :)