Inside Deep Throat
Well, something similar is going on in Holland at the moment. Dutch public broadcasting company BNN said they are going to air the '70's porn classic "Deep Throat" on Feb. the 23rd. Off course Dutch Christian politicians that are part of our government here, ("ChristenUnie") are trying to prevent this: as is the common Pavlov reflex of Christians when it comes to sex. Off course their objections just bring attention to the issue and I can predict already that the movie will be the best watched TV-event this year.
The funny thing is that history repeats itself. Or - as I always like to put it: "History does not repeat itself, people do." It seems that the ChristenUnie has not learned anything from the history behind "Deep Throat". The effort by local and federal government to ban the movie (a national effort to eliminate 'smut'), only had the opposite effect: the movie became a cult classic and a lot of famous people went to see the movie including Truman Capote, Jack Nicholson and Johnny Carson. In fact the movie became a phenomenon.
It became a national cause and sparked the debate about freedom of speech in relation to sex. From that perspective it's not weird to show the movie as it is a testament to the state of things in 1972 in the USA. BNN will also have a discussion program and a documentary about the movie (see clip below). There are a lot of dimensions to the movie and the story behind it, so I'm sure it's worth watching.
In a sense I guess we should thank the ChristenUnie for all the attention they have drawn to the movie by their "moral appeal" to BNN to not air the movie. Well guys: no one it forcing you to watch it so what's the fuzz about?
