Fox Channel Blurs Out Breasts on Picasso Painting

[Tennesseer]

Fox Channel Blurs Out Breasts on Picasso Painting


The Women of Algiers (Version “O”), a painting by Pablo Picasso, became the most expensive work to ever sell at an auction this week. Sadly, some TV viewers of a New York affiliate of Fox were treated to a blurry, G-rated version.



The painting, which sold for $179.4 million at Christie’s auction house in New York on Monday night, shows several female figures in the Cubist style, including several pairs of breasts and a couple of errant nipples. Fox 5, the Fox affiliate in New York City, obscured three pairs of breasts and covered up two nipples with a news banner at the bottom of the screen. 

A man pauses to look at Picasso’s “Women of Algiers (Version ‘O’)” at a media preview for a Christie’s art sale in New York on May 1, 2015.

The decision by Fox 5 to blur part of the female anatomy was blasted by Jerry Saltz, senior art critic for New York magazine, who took to Twitter on Wednesday night.

“How sexually sick are conservatives & Fox News? They blurred parts of the Picasso painting,” he tweeted, adding the hashtag #SickMinds.

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Fox Channel Blurs Out Breasts on Picasso Painting


Hopefully, Fox never shows a picture of the Venus De Milo.  Not only does she have exposed breasts but she is also a double amputee.  Too much to 'bare' for a Fox audience.

[ArchietheDragon]

I love errant nipples.

[Tennesseer]

May 15, 2015 9:57:24 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

I love errant nipples.

You're kinky anyway so that is not surprising.

[djAdvocate]

i am starting to think they should be boycotted. 

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May 15, 2015 10:24:09 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

i am starting to think they should be boycotted. 

Never happen.  They have a huge cable following.  A lot of their viewers will have young children in the room when the news is on.  They probably prefer their "in house" viewing to be "G" rated.  Old world nudity, is still nudity. 

[Tennesseer]

May 15, 2015 11:24:12 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

May 15, 2015 10:24:09 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

i am starting to think they should be boycotted. 

Never happen.  They have a huge cable following.  A lot of their viewers will have young children in the room when the news is on.  They probably prefer their "in house" viewing to be "G" rated.  Old world nudity, is still nudity. 

From the linked article:

"On Thursday morning, Fox 5 addressed the controversy, saying the blurring was done by a producer on the night crew. In response to the ridicule on Twitter, the channel showed the full, unblurred version."

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May 15, 2015 11:26:10 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

May 15, 2015 11:24:12 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

Never happen.  They have a huge cable following.  A lot of their viewers will have young children in the room when the news is on.  They probably prefer their "in house" viewing to be "G" rated.  Old world nudity, is still nudity. 

From the linked article:

"On Thursday morning, Fox 5 addressed the controversy, saying the blurring was done by a producer on the night crew. In response to the ridicule on Twitter, the channel showed the full, unblurred version."

It's their preference on what to show. I wouldn't of been swayed by "twitter". I've also thought Picasso's work was weird and goofy, but that's my preference. I wouldn't give $10 for that painting.

[djAdvocate]

May 15, 2015 11:24:12 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

May 15, 2015 10:24:09 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

i am starting to think they should be boycotted. 

Never happen.  They have a huge cable following.  A lot of their viewers will have young children in the room when the news is on.  They probably prefer their "in house" viewing to be "G" rated.  Old world nudity, is still nudity. 

i don't think you understand the concept of a boycott very well.

edit: oh, by the way, there is nothing wrong with breasts.  babies suck on them.  over half the world walks around with them exposed, and they are perfectly normal and healthy, psychologically.

stop treating them like porn.  your attitude is positively Elizabethan.

[djAdvocate]

May 15, 2015 11:35:46 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

May 15, 2015 11:26:10 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

From the linked article:

"On Thursday morning, Fox 5 addressed the controversy, saying the blurring was done by a producer on the night crew. In response to the ridicule on Twitter, the channel showed the full, unblurred version."

It's their preference on what to show. I wouldn't of been swayed by "twitter". I've also thought Picasso's work was weird and goofy, but that's my preference. I wouldn't give $10 for that painting.

i love Picasso.  but i would not pay $100M for it, myself.

[billisonboard]

May 15, 2015 11:24:12 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

... A lot of their viewers will have young children in the room when the news is on. ...

Most young children have seen them already:

Not sure why it is necessary to make them something that needs to be hidden.

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May 15, 2015 13:52:26 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

May 15, 2015 11:24:12 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

Never happen.  They have a huge cable following.  A lot of their viewers will have young children in the room when the news is on.  They probably prefer their "in house" viewing to be "G" rated.  Old world nudity, is still nudity. 

i don't think you understand the concept of a boycott very well.

edit: oh, by the way, there is nothing wrong with breasts.  babies suck on them.  over half the world walks around with them exposed, and they are perfectly normal and healthy, psychologically.

stop treating them like porn.  your attitude is positively Elizabethan.

Then why aren't the women of California (In your neighborhood) walking around topless in the summertime?

[Robert not Bobby]

You want blurry, you should see Japanese porn...and all those ladies (oh, I should stop...Ive been warned about my bad behavior)

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May 15, 2015 13:56:50 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

May 15, 2015 11:24:12 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

... A lot of their viewers will have young children in the room when the news is on. ...

Most young children have seen them already:

Not sure why it is necessary to make them something that needs to be hidden.

I think it's called parenting preference. There are still places in this country were the community is not raising the child. The parents still are. That's a beautiful human interest picture.

[billisonboard]

May 15, 2015 14:02:16 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

May 15, 2015 13:56:50 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Most young children have seen them already:

Not sure why it is necessary to make them something that needs to be hidden.

I think it's called parenting preference. There are still places in this country were the community is not raising the child. The parents still are.

And if I don't want a small group of prudes messing with my kid by creating ridiculous cultural norms?

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May 15, 2015 14:08:05 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

May 15, 2015 14:02:16 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

I think it's called parenting preference. There are still places in this country were the community is not raising the child. The parents still are.

And if I don't want a small group of prudes messing with my kid by creating ridiculous cultural norms?

Going by the current laws in place concerning levels of dress in public.  That small group of prudes as you say, seems to have a majority.  

[Robert not Bobby]

We over sexualize some female body parts, don't we.

Breasts are nice and all that, but their main function is to feed the next generation in their first nine months of life.

Women are so lucky...that must be a huge bonding experience.

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May 15, 2015 14:18:15 GMT -5 Robert not Bobby said:

We over sexualize some female body parts, don't we.

Breasts are nice and all that, but their main function is to feed the next generation in their first nine months of life.

Women are so lucky...that must be a huge bonding experience.

Till the biting starts...Then the bonding is over.

[Robert not Bobby]

May 15, 2015 14:21:31 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

May 15, 2015 14:18:15 GMT -5 Robert not Bobby said:

We over sexualize some female body parts, don't we.

Breasts are nice and all that, but their main function is to feed the next generation in their first nine months of life.

Women are so lucky...that must be a huge bonding experience.

Till the biting starts...Then the bonding is over.

LOL

I guess you don't want to be nursing a two year old...I hear you.

[djAdvocate]

May 15, 2015 13:58:56 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

May 15, 2015 13:52:26 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

i don't think you understand the concept of a boycott very well.

edit: oh, by the way, there is nothing wrong with breasts.  babies suck on them.  over half the world walks around with them exposed, and they are perfectly normal and healthy, psychologically.

stop treating them like porn.  your attitude is positively Elizabethan.

Then why aren't the women of California (In your neighborhood) walking around topless in the summertime?

because this nation is full of puritanical idiots.  duh.

PS- where i live it is like 50F today, so maybe not the best example.

[djAdvocate]

May 15, 2015 14:02:16 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

May 15, 2015 13:56:50 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Most young children have seen them already:

Not sure why it is necessary to make them something that needs to be hidden.

I think it's called parenting preference. There are still places in this country were the community is not raising the child. The parents still are. That's a beautiful human interest picture.

has nothing to do with parenting, imo.  has to do with shaming.  and it sucks.

[djAdvocate]

May 15, 2015 14:21:31 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

May 15, 2015 14:18:15 GMT -5 Robert not Bobby said:

We over sexualize some female body parts, don't we.

Breasts are nice and all that, but their main function is to feed the next generation in their first nine months of life.

Women are so lucky...that must be a huge bonding experience.

Till the biting starts...Then the bonding is over.

my wife slapped my son's face when he bit her.  he never bit her again.

[billisonboard]

May 15, 2015 14:45:31 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

... it sucks.

[djAdvocate]

May 15, 2015 14:46:58 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

May 15, 2015 14:45:31 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

... it sucks.

yeah.  stepped right into that one, didn't i?

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May 15, 2015 14:45:31 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

May 15, 2015 14:02:16 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

I think it's called parenting preference. There are still places in this country were the community is not raising the child. The parents still are. That's a beautiful human interest picture.

has nothing to do with parenting, imo.  has to do with shaming.  and it sucks.

It's the chicken and egg thing for me.  Are the people uncomfortable with their deteriorating bodies and looks, and shame the better physical specimens ?  Or do they think they look bad because they were shamed by the better lookers ?.  Then pass it on to their kids either way.

[Tennesseer]

Let's stay on the subject track.  We are discussing breasts painted by Picasso.  Cubist breasts to be exact.  


That some would find Cubist breasts overly sexualized and not for children to see makes me wonder about some parents.

[Robert not Bobby]

DJ

keep fighting the good fight...but sometimes, I think it is hopeless.

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May 15, 2015 15:12:07 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Let's stay on the subject track.  We are discussing breasts painted by Picasso.  Cubist breasts to be exact.  


That some would find Cubist breasts overly sexualized and not for children to see makes me wonder about some parents.

I don't wonder at all, everybody has their own acceptance level with perceived sexual content on display. In the Muslim culture, the females cover their entire bodies when in public. In African areas, the women go topless like the men. We seem to be somewhere in the middle.

[Tennesseer]

I forgot-Middle Easterners never go to the world's art museums where breasts and other bared parts of the human anatomy are represented in paintings and statues.

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May 15, 2015 14:44:38 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

May 15, 2015 13:58:56 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

Then why aren't the women of California (In your neighborhood) walking around topless in the summertime?

because this nation is full of puritanical idiots.  duh.

PS- where i live it is like 50F today, so maybe not the best example.

A little obsessed with the boobs being covered are we ? 

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May 15, 2015 15:28:56 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I forgot-Middle Easterners never go to the world's art museums where breasts and other bared parts of the human anatomy are represented in paintings and statues.

Some do, some don't.   Acceptance level will dictate the visitation to a museum.  The FOX affiliate employee was simply trying to adjust the content for his percieved taste of the target audience.  Some one overrode his decision in higher up management.  No different than the liberal networks changing what picture they were using of Treyvon Martin when the age difference started making the rounds.  Big whoop.