So, according to Drudge, Alanis Morissette has been protesting United States censorship, by which she means commercial enterprises that ask her to change words in her monobrow lyrics before broadcast. Let’s examine that more closely, shall we?
- She’s a Canadian
- who protested in Canada
- about “censorship” in the United States
- which is not actually censorship, but a negotiation between the producer (Morissette) and a purchaser (radio stations) that didn’t work out according to Alanis’s “artistic” sensibilities.
- She protested this “censorship” by wearing a body suit (not by exposing her actual, slightly dumpy body).
How seriously does she expect anyone to take this protest? Just seriously enough to buy her new album, probably. That’s what the smart people who run her told her, anyway. If she understood or remembered.
For crying out loud, U.S. Censorship. I tell you what, honey, but I will take your point a little more seriously if I knew CBC was showing a little nudity between hockey games and shows about hockey. So if you want to see some bodies, agitate for liberation in your own damn country first. When CBC changes its ways, I’ll personally write my cable company to get it piped down here.
Other sources for the story:
- Yahoo!: Alanis Morissette Celebrates “Censor-Free” Canada At The JUNOS, Canada’s Music Awards: Songstress “Disrobes” on Canadian TV Video Available by Satellite. Good to know it’s available by satellite. Also, appropriate use of scare quotes.
- Reuters: Alanis Morissette attacks “U.S. censorship”.
Others weigh in:
- James Joyner: Alanis Morisette Not Nude. Thankfully not. Remember that one video she did with her bits pixellated? No? Keep repressing it.
- Michael Williams: Or Maybe It’s Just You
