Pigs are flying through the air
... because there is indeed a maximum number of near-nekkid lezzie pix with which British men can cope. Or... are the grumblies coming from women?
"Posters for lesbian drama
'The L Word' have generated record amounts of complaints, with members of the public saying they are 'offensive.' The posters, advertising the launch of the second series of the successful show... featured two semi-naked women in a clinch. Their underwear showed the days the show is screened on the channel,"
it sez here.
"Nearly 650 people complained about the adverts, which featured on billboards across the UK and public transport in London. The
Advertising Standards Authority said the number was the highest received this year.
"But it dismissed the complaints, backing the advertising agency claims that the poster accurately reflected the show's content. They also rejected the complaints saying the posters were sexually explicit, maintaining instead that the images were not offensive to the majority of people."
Producers must be in seventh heaven; can't buy this publicity, and it happened in New York
a few months ago, too.
But back to Britain: Vavoom-erama, I say.
The decision is raunchier than the ads: "The posters showed various photographs of women's bodies from chest to thigh wearing only knickers and covered in body oil."