europe
07/18/2007
Lily Allen's Third Nipple
The Western world is pretty lenient when it comes to the exposure of cleavage -- it's only when we get to the aureola line that Standards and Practices reaches for the big red button. But where do we as a civilization stand in regards to third nipples? This is the question raised, thanks to Lily Allen's appearance on variety show/talk show hybrid The Friday Night Project.
Given that in medieval times, Allen would have been persecuted as a witch for that sort of physical deformity, we have to admire her bravery. FNP, Britain's answer to Saturday Night Live, often gets more than a little raunchy. But it's not often that a guest willingly exposes side boob.
07/06/2007
The EU Exports Its Finest Porn
When the EU announced that they would be launching their own personal YouTube channel, I didn't pay much attention -- after all, when I think of the European Union I think of trade subsidies, tariffs, and very thick stacks of paperwork.
But the EU's first entry onto the online scene is the very opposite of boring. A montage of European film's sexiest moments (I think I recognized clips from both Amelie and Delicatessen in the mix) moves from shot to shot until arriving at a breathless, um, climax. The tagline "Millions of cinema lovers enjoy European films... every year" is of course very true. But the success of European cinema is in preserving the pretense that we care about the art, not the sexy bits. Now the secret is out. We're doomed.
