Mass. Correctional Officer Disciplined for Showing 'Brokeback'

[LynneSin]

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2006-04-10/#film4

Mass. Correctional Officer Disciplined for Showing 'Brokeback'


Massachusetts may have earned itself a reputation for political liberalism by, among other things, sanctioning gay marriages, but the state's Department of Corrections has drawn the line at showing a movie featuring gay sex and male nudity to inmates at the state prison in Norfolk. In an interview with Reuters, a spokeswoman for the department confirmed Saturday that a correctional officer had been disciplined for screening Brokeback Mountain at the institution. "It was not the subject matter," she maintained. "It was the graphic nature of sexually explicit scenes." She said that the officer in question showed the movie, two days after it was released on DVD, without reviewing it in advance, as prison guidelines required him to do.

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1. Well, if prison rules require screening and prohibit sex scenes,

then yeah, the officer should be disciplined.

I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, so I don't know whether it would count as "graphic," but my prudish mom liked the movie so I doubt it. Still, if nudity's out, it's out.

[NMMNG]

2. Oh please

The one scene of gay sex showed no actual male nudity, and was in a dark tent. The only real nudity in sex scenes involved heterosexual sex (and I wonder if they refuse to show all movies featuring that in the prisons).

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3. i keep seeing ''sexually explicit'' scenes...

and the shole time i was watching the movie -- i kept thinking this is one of the least sexually explicit movies i've seen in a long time.

i keep thinking there is a different version of the movie out there -- and i want to see it damn it!

[NMMNG]

4. It's the same old story

They claim it's because of the "sexually explicit" nature, when really it's because of the "gay" nature. Put one longing look between two men and they consider that "sexually explicit".:eyes: