Bushwhacked on American's Shores

Well, it has come down to this, the viewers in Britain are the first to form a group and take up arms against Sam Raimi’s latest creation, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. In an article with Mediawatch-UK, an ‘outraged’ director Vivienne Pattison had the following to say about the series and TV impact on society in general.



"We can no longer ignore the fact that what viewers see on television has an impact on society. Even the Government is asking the producers of soap operas to include safe-sex messages in their programmes now. There are numerous studies linking exposure to violence on TV with violent behaviour at large and if there is the slightest possibility that explicit sex and violence on screen can cause this harm, is it worth the risk in the interests of entertainment?



Once this programme is shown on television it will be much easier for children to access, particularly via video-on-demand online services. Ofcom research shows that fewer than a third of parents use the password-protected services available to screen what their children can access."



In regards to the following articles, I applause the campaigners in Britain for fighting to Spartacus: Blood and Sand. As an American, I feel that the creators and producers of the series have misjudged the moral tolerance level of the American television viewers, and although the question of whether full-frontal nudity and homosexual sex should be allow to be seen on an television series hangs in the air, I also believe that the series will not be a long run on American’s shores.



CALLS TO BAN ‘SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND’ IN THE UK

BATTLE TO BAN FULL-FRONTAL ROMAN EPIC FROM OUR TV



Next Epidode: Spartacus: Blood and Sand Ep 108 - Mark Of The Brotherhood







Batiatus purchases a fresh batch of slaves during an auction to be trained as

gladiators and ponders the idea of selling Crixus.

Evelyn out!