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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Glee photo shoot controversy

There was a photo shoot done with Dianna Agron (24), Leah Michelle (24), and Cory Monteith (28) of Glee for GQ magazine & in it they definitely aren't dressed like they normally dress on the show & the Parental Television Council is all up in arms about it & I don't see what the big deal is about this issue of the magazine!

"It is disturbing that GQ, which is explicitly written for adult men, is sexualizing the actresses who play high school-aged characters on 'Glee' in this way. It borders on pedophilia. Sadly, this is just the latest example of the overt sexualization of young girls in entertainment," PTC's President Tom Winter said in a statement.

Ok, the key to this whole argument is the fact that the photos were taken of real people who are 24 & 28 years old...they play high school students on a TV show, they aren't students in real life!  I'm curious, did this group of parents have any issues with the fact that Agron was playing a pregnant high school student last season who tried to sell her baby to her teacher's wife?  Obviously her character had to do a hell of a lot more than pose for a slutty picture to end up pregnant right?  Of course...she had to get naked & have sex...which is worse?  

How can these photos border on pedophilia when 
they are photos of grown ass adults?  Yes the pics are racy but they aren't in Seventeen magazine they are in GQ which is a magazine for adult males & I can definitely say that the cover pretty much tells you what to expect inside so a parent wouldn't let their kid look at it.  I mean, it isn't like it's a picture of the 3 of them on the cover dressed like their characters & then you open it up & see Michelle's vag.  Monteith has his hands on both of the girls' asses & the tag line is "Glee gone wild" so why would a mom buy that for their kid to begin with?  Stuff like this comes down to parenting, not publishing. 

It also said in this article "Unfortunately, it seems 'Glee' is only masquerading as (a) family show and is far from appropriate for young viewers," Winter said. Glee is a family show but certainly not a family show for kids under the age of 13, little kids should not be watching it to begin with but bottom line is that Glee is a family show & GQ is not a family magazine...case closed!

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1 comment:

  1. The fact is they are 24 year old women... not high school girls.. and they are in Hollywood.. not traditionally known for "homespun family values".. bottom line if you play a "good girl".. you will want to be portrayed as the bad girl sooner or later.. they are willingly participating in the fantasy..

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