[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] LIPS film screening fundraiser

[Salem Acuna]

Shortbus is an awesome movie! I'm totally down. To second Matt, though, I
would also like to emphasize the vivid graphics of the film. The reality in
the scenes is very much...real. There are scenes with orgies, ejaculation,
S&M, etc. The film is incredibly sex-positive but also subject to labels
like "controversial." Again, there aren't any violently sexual/assault
scenes, necessarily (except perhaps the S&M parts, which are consensual) but
some folks could very well find themselves feeling uncomfortable by the
"explicitness" of the sexual acts and language. That said, it should be
really fun to watch and discuss with a bigger group of people!

-salem

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Matt <johnnypark33 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I give the thumbs up to Shortbus as well. It should be emphasized though
> that it's not just "sexual content" but what they call "non-simulated sex
> scenes". In other words, not pornography but not actors pretending to have
> sex - they very much are having sex on camera for the movie. I don't know if
> that will make a difference for anyone in attendance but I could potentially
> see someone feeling uncomfortable watching something so sexual in a group of
> people.
>
> One of the lead actresses actually almost lost her job just for accepting
> the part:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sook-Yin_Lee#Shortbus_controversy
>
> I think there's a very interesting discussion to be had on the controversy
> surrounding the film alone.
>
> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Nathan Stickel <
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>> sounds goooooood
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>> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Brianna Gribben <
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>>> Hey! This is Brianna. At the LIPS meeting yesterday we decided to have
>>> the movie screening on Saturday, January 22nd at 7 pm
>>>
>>> we'd like to show two films, Shortbus
>>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367027/
>>>
>>> and A Dirty Shame
>>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365125/
>>>
>>> both films have a lot of sexual content and we will be sure to post
>>> warnings and notify people of any trigger warnings (i don't think there are
>>> any).
>>>
>>> several people have already seen short bus but no one in the group has
>>> viewed A Dirty Shame yet. We are still going to view it to make sure its a
>>> good fit before the screening, if it looks like a bad idea we will just show
>>> short bus. It was recommended to us by Liz Canfield and it sounds like an
>>> awesome movie.
>>>
>>> along with the movies we will have baked goods and possibly hand made
>>> items for sale. We decided it should be free for anyone to attend but we
>>> will be making a few plugs throughout the night for donations.
>>>
>>> We would like to have the screening at the Brick, I know you guys have
>>> the equipment necessary,
>>> so let me know how everyone feels about having the screening and the date
>>> we have chosen.
>>>
>>> thanks!
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>> --
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>> Nathan
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