Oct 16 2008 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' Retitled for Prude Regions
A month or so ago, Kevin Smith got into some trouble with the MPAA when his posters implied fully-clothed oral sex, leading to a marketing switch that produced a series of stick figure-based ads that proclaimed they had "made a movie so titillating that we can only show you this drawing."
Well, apparently the title has also been deemed too titillating for general audiences, and several media outlets have decided not to run ads because the word "porno" evokes thoughts of pornography, which is not allowed in our society. From the AP:
Among those refusing to carry ads are about 15 newspapers and several TV stations and cable channels, Faber said. Commercials for the film during Los Angeles Dodgers games on Fox Sports were dropped at the team's request after some viewers complained, said Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch.One complaint came from a man watching a game in September with his young son, who did not understand a suicide-squeeze bunt the Dodgers tried, Rawitch said.
"He was explaining to his son what a squeeze bunt was. Commercial break, the ad comes on, and the kid asks, `Dad, what does porno mean?'"
Good point. Movie titles (and everything else) should, first and foremost, be concerned with not forcing parents to explain anything that might be slightly uncomfortable. Here are some other titles to avoid, Kevin Smith:
- Zack & Miri Are Growing Hair in Funny Places
- Zack & Miri Have a Frank, Candid Discussion on Drugs
- Zack & Miri Both Still Love You, They're Just Living in Separate Apartments Now
- Zack & Miri Can't Afford to Pay for Your College Anymore. You Know, the Whole Economy Thing.
- Zack & Miri Re-Enact Slavery, the Holocaust, Segregation, and Other Difficult-to-Justify Inequalities
- Zack & Miri Were Accidents
- Zack & Miri Have Too Many Uncles
- Zack & Miri Grandma's Dead
- Zack & Miri Yes, That Noise Is Your Father Sobbing in the Shower
- Zack & Miri Sometimes Babies are Born as Angels
Did I miss any? Make sure to leave them in the comments (marked NSFW, obviously).
Reader Comments
1. Amanda - October 16, 2008 5:32 PM
Zack & Miri FIRST!!
2. LOGAN - October 16, 2008 5:38 PM
Zack & Miri make an amateur home video.
3. LOGAN - October 16, 2008 5:39 PM
Zak & Miri are no strangers to love.
4. Elmo - October 16, 2008 5:57 PM
Zac & Miri are not doing what you think they're doing.
5. Elmo - October 16, 2008 5:59 PM
Zac & Miri are not allowed to do that in our society.
6. KENNY DONT - October 16, 2008 6:08 PM
Zac & Miri preform a clothes hanger birth?
7. Bethie - October 16, 2008 6:27 PM
Zac and Miri have two mommies.
8. Sueyo - October 16, 2008 6:54 PM
Zack & Miri Stop Making Movies
9. Jeff - October 16, 2008 7:52 PM
Zack and Miri Discover Sores on Their Naughty Parts
10. TWhite - October 16, 2008 7:58 PM
Zack and Miri It's Something Two People Do When They Love Each Other Very Much
11. shuppanzigh - October 16, 2008 8:53 PM
Zack and Miri Have a Sad Talk About Goldfish Heaven
12. CM - October 17, 2008 3:43 AM
Zack and Miri Taste Like Chicken
13. Jesus - October 17, 2008 8:04 AM
^3
Zack and Miri Know The Rules, and So Do I
14. hoser - October 17, 2008 8:57 AM
Zack and Miri move to Canada, do whatever they want to whoever they want whenever they want (can)
BTW- The 'real' posters are all over the subway in Toronto. With sexy results!
15. pesto - October 17, 2008 10:47 AM
Zack and Miri learn there is no Santa Clause
16. Bobeyo - October 17, 2008 11:10 AM
Zack and Miri Fuck their Brains Out
17. Eville1 - October 17, 2008 11:49 AM
Zack and Miri the rent whore years.
18. Winston Smith - October 17, 2008 11:51 AM
Zack and Miri Find Their Special Purpose
19. Eric - October 17, 2008 1:39 PM
Happy Scrappy Hero Pup
20. Tom Allen - October 17, 2008 1:40 PM
Zach & Miri are Prescribed AZT
21. Nick - October 17, 2008 2:14 PM
Zack & Miri are Travelling Norwegian Salemen with Tourette's.
22. Tamara - October 17, 2008 2:45 PM
Zach and Miri lean about bad touch
23. Brett - October 17, 2008 3:15 PM
Zach And Miri commit a sin.
24. Dan - October 17, 2008 3:52 PM
Zack and Miri Expose the Hypocrisy of a Society that Spends 2.8 Billion Dollars a Year on what Zack and Miri Made
25. Jeremy - October 17, 2008 4:12 PM
Zack and Miri beat the ever living shit out of some dude because violence is better than sex.
26. Mosier's Dog Wolfie (RIP) - October 17, 2008 5:01 PM
Zack and Miri Make A Movie We Can't Name Because All Forms OF Media Must Be Acceptable To Children And Religious Nuts With Too Much Time On Their Hands.
27. Seth - October 17, 2008 9:22 PM
Zack and Miri cross state lines to take care of that little problem
28. Johnny - October 17, 2008 9:42 PM
Zack and Miri are inappropriately touched by their relatives
29. K lee - October 18, 2008 1:10 AM
Zack and Miri Bring On The Rapture With Fornications
30. NastyBedazzler - October 19, 2008 9:17 PM
And that... ladies and gentlemen, is why America fucking blows.
All these conservative assholes walk around this country with their heads up their asses and somehow think they have a God-given right not to be offended. What's the true definition of democracy again, I seem to have forgotten.
31. NastyBedazzler - October 19, 2008 9:19 PM
ALSO, I wish an American company at some point would have the balls to tell these Bible-thumpers to go fuck themselves and NOT pull ads or change advertisements.... which never seems to happen. Ever. It's annoying.
32. Calida - October 20, 2008 5:05 AM
Zack and Miri learn that abortions make people go to hell, just like anal sex.