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The Disco Dolls In Hot Skin incident. This shitty John Holmes' vehicle had the distinction of being shot in 3-D. It was resurrected post Boogie Nights and in 1999 distributed on the typical Arthouse circuit as a lame homage to the goofier days in porn. Well, when it wound up in Lexington, Kentucky at the Kentucky Theatre, a Councilmember with loftier political goals, didn't find the humor in it and went apeshit crazy. He demanded Fred Mills, the manager of the theatre, be arrested, he wanted the film confiscated. He organized protests, the Lexington Herald-Leader of course covered the whole thing. The Councilman had so much say because of a fire, which had been set by a disgruntled employee in an adjacent business, (a middle Eastern owned Authentic Kentucky-Style Fried Chicken place) that left the Kentucky Theatre majorly damaged. It set there for over 2 years, before the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government stepped in and purchased the whole building that the theatre was housed in. Many grumbled, sure they wanted the theatre back but was the city government going to manage the theatre and the films that came through? When it was decided that Fred Mills would stay, that he would manage just as before, and that the government wasn't in the theatre business and would stay out of operations, a collective sigh was heard throughout the Lexington underground, and really, throughout the community who had grown accustomed to the Kentucky Theatre's diverse film offerings. Mr. Scott Crosbie didn't see it that way, the reverberation of "I don't want my tax dollars going to show that filth" was the high decibal hum from his church-going followers. There was already a strong, organized anti-porn campaign present within the city. The White-Ribbon Against Pornography campaign involved parishioners taping little white ribbons on their car antennas and such to signify they hated porn. The city's half dozen strip clubs were involved in a major war over pasties and there had been raids at the 3 adult book stores. Someone was out the clean up our town whether we wanted it clean or not. Crosbie, obviously, no moron, could see the votes pouring in if he got on this bandwagon. And so, there he is now, the steerman on the Self-Righteous Express, as he has announced his quest to be Lexington's next Mayor...we are asking all of Lexington's open-minded public to not let that happen. Do you want ANY Mayor to decide what films you can or cannot watch? Should the government dictate OUR community standards for us? Can you trust a 30 year-old male who doesn't have an appreciation for John Holmes? Brains On Film has decided to begin our own campaign to stamp out censorship and stop Scott Crosbie from hijacking the Mayoral race. NO CENSORSHIP, NO CROSBIE will be our battle cry! There are 3 other very capable candidates to choose from, so vote Against Scott Crosbie by electing someone else. Beginning April 1st. Stickers will be available at various outlets in Central Kentucky or you may email us and we will send you one. NO CENSORSHIP, NO CROSBIE! |
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