Guitar Malfunction

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Oh, no, Prince DEFINITELY "stroked" his guitar during the giant shadow sequence. Definitely. He's Prince, that's what he does. Everyone we were watching it with saw it, we rewound it watched again. No doubt about it. (I'm trying to find the moment on YouTube).

Hey GD, I agree with you, it is what Prince does. This is a performance, a show. My complaint is, whoever the arbiters of morality may be, they really need to get a life. Honestly, they complain about this on a half time show, what about the rest of the garbage on television the other 364 days a year?
Sheesh, it's tv guys, get over it (not you, just the morally constipated).

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Honestly, they complain about this on a half time show, what about the rest of the garbage on television the other 364 days a year?

I'm pretty sure they spend the rest of the year complaining about it too.

That said, in the interests of discussion, is there a line where "it's just television" is no longer a defense? Presumably most would agree that if he'd taken out his actual dangly bits, projected it up to 30-feet in lenth on a curtain and then stroked it, that would be out of bounds (I still wouldn't be upset for myself but at that point I'd start to get upset on behalf of others, something I really try to avoid doing).

So, at what point would it be going too far? And if your line comes before someone else's, are they correct to call you sexually stunted?