November 20th, 2005
Stars & Stripes carries a typical military SNAFU story: The Armed Forces Network recently broadcast the John Travolta / Hugh Jackman disaster Swordfish, notable only for the very topless Halle Berry.
But when soldiers tuned in–the same men and women fighting to protect Ms. Berry’s right to express her artistic voice by showing her cans–they found a clothed Halle Berry. It seems that the AFN gets a sanitized, near airline-quality version of movies. This is an outrage!
As Petter Officer 2nd Class Rob Morrison told Stars & Stripes, “We’re all adults here. Why should we be so sheltered overseas when people are paying for this cable service? We’re all adult enough to be fighting for our country. If I want to see a little [nudity] I think I’m entitled.”
Another fantastic nugget from the story:
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Holliday had the chance to catch “Showgirls” on AFN one night.
“It was pretty funny,” Holliday said. “By the time all of the nudity and swearing was cut out, there wasn’t much left to the movie. I thought ‘Why did AFN bother showing it?’ It wasn’t because of the plot.”
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