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Gay kiss censored out of Katy Perry's Firework video
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:]Hannah
06-11-2010
Originally Posted by andrewisasecret:
“Absolutely ridiculous. How far have we come? Not far at all. The amount of straight stuff they plaster everywhere for people to see, and *THIS* got edited out? It's really offensive actually.”

I agree, if it's true that the gay kiss in the firework video is going to be pixelated, surely most of the California Girls video should be pixelated too.

I reckon it's an untrue story, or it's done for the controversy.
RussellIan
06-11-2010
It's alright they got the wrong end of the stick, what's actually been censored are the fisting, double anal and snowballing scenes.
gmc93
06-11-2010
Katy Perry's face is more sexual than a gay kiss, but they don't censor that!


I want to see if this is for real.
James__B
06-11-2010
Yeah, how come the firework boobs are allowed but not the gay kiss?
mimicole
06-11-2010
Originally Posted by James__B:
“Yeah, how come the firework boobs are allowed but not the gay kiss?”

I thought the fireworks are meant to be coming from her and everyone else in the videos' heart..
Sats_Fan
06-11-2010
I haven't seen a pixelated version, but i've seen the video on the box and smash hits and a bit was cut. In the original video it shows him walk across the club, then start the kiss, cuts to another scene then goes back to the kiss. In the version i've seen it doesn't go back to the kiss, it shows him walking across the club again :/
Zite
06-11-2010
I doubt this is true, else a real fuss would have been kicked up by now. Also, unless Perry has one boob on the left side, the fireworks are really not coming out of her funbags.
LucyKay18
06-11-2010
I saw the video on the box this morning and they showed the kiss so..
EvanWhisper05
07-11-2010
I don't mean to sound like a gay activist or anything like that, but who would be the appropriate people to complain about this to?

The whole point of the song is self-belief and accepting that you are perfect the way you are, and this, again, puts across the idea that having the confidence to accept your sexuality is wrong. Which I think is disgusting.

There are MUCH racier videos than this, so they can't put out the bullshit excuse of sending people the wrong message. It's not like two guys were rolling around naked. Robyn's new video has people rolling around taking tops off etc. Surely that puts across a worse message than a guy plucking up some courage.

Christina Aguilera's 'Not Myself Tonight' put across various messages of S&M. But that was allowed.

It's unbelievable to think a stigma is still attached to homosexuality these days, particularly in a westernised somewhat 'tolerant' region.

If this is true, it's going towards my dissertation material.
mimicole
07-11-2010
Originally Posted by EvanWhisper05:
“Christina Aguilera's 'Not Myself Tonight' put across various messages of S&M. But that was allowed.”

I like Christina, but I found this video embarassing.
EvanWhisper05
07-11-2010
This speech is incredibely inspirational. I have a lot of repsect for this woman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuojW...eature=related
musicdude
07-11-2010
Originally Posted by EvanWhisper05:
“I don't mean to sound like a gay activist or anything like that, but who would be the appropriate people to complain about this to?

The whole point of the song is self-belief and accepting that you are perfect the way you are, and this, again, puts across the idea that having the confidence to accept your sexuality is wrong. Which I think is disgusting.

There are MUCH racier videos than this, so they can't put out the bullshit excuse of sending people the wrong message. It's not like two guys were rolling around naked. Robyn's new video has people rolling around taking tops off etc. Surely that puts across a worse message than a guy plucking up some courage.

Christina Aguilera's 'Not Myself Tonight' put across various messages of S&M. But that was allowed.

It's unbelievable to think a stigma is still attached to homosexuality these days, particularly in a westernised somewhat 'tolerant' region.

If this is true, it's going towards my dissertation material.”

It wouldn't matter if you did sound like that. Your right.
redlight79
07-11-2010
Originally Posted by EvanWhisper05:
“Christina Aguilera's 'Not Myself Tonight' put across various messages of S&M. But that was allowed.”

It was allowed, but it was heavily edited, the full length version didn't get shown during the day (for obvious reasons, besides it's exclusive first showing on C4/4Music) and even the edited version didn't get rotated that much, which in a way tied into why it didn't do well in the charts.
chubbysnail
08-11-2010
PM me if there is somewhere we can complain about this? Even if it's just an official twitter account. This needs to be complained about, it makes me really upset.
Monster101
08-11-2010
oh dear looks like the full scene has been cut. last week you could see the full kiss, but just saw the video on 4music and the scene switches just as the guys are about to go in for the clinch.
i still think its ridiculous someone felt the need 2 go to the trouble of editing it. its a disgrace infact!
Blah123
08-11-2010
The gay kiss in Pink's Raise your glass isn't censored, so why should Katy's?
Redundant
08-11-2010
I got told they are not actually censoring the kiss just cause the fireworks are really prominent in that scene so they just cut it.
Ethereal
08-11-2010
Originally Posted by Monster101:
“oh dear looks like the full scene has been cut. last week you could see the full kiss, but just saw the video on 4music and the scene switches just as the guys are about to go in for the clinch.
i still think its ridiculous someone felt the need 2 go to the trouble of editing it. its a disgrace infact!”

Someone on another forum claimed to work for 4music and said it was censored before it got to them. They speculated the reason was because if a young kid injured themselves by putting a firework under their top and said they saw it in her video, 4music could be in trouble for 'imitable behaviour'. The kiss in Pink's video hasn't been censored so this explanation seems plausible. It also explains why it's not just the kiss that has been censored, but also other scenes in the video like when she is on the balcony and the fireworks are coming out of her.
BP4L
08-11-2010
That does seem plausible, the first thing I thought when I saw the kiss in the video was "It Burns! It Burns! I couldn't be in anymore pain!".
northernslayer
09-11-2010
I cannot believe they cut it in fear of a child putting a firework underneath there top. Sorry I think they have cut if for a very different reason and I am disgusted by it.
ScottishWoody
09-11-2010
I just seen the full video, kiss, fireworks and all, on Smash Hits.
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