Ultimately, the events of Sept. 11 had little long-term impact on the entertainment biz. Oh, a movie or two (including the Guv's "Collateral Damage") were pushed back, and perhaps shows like ABC's "Threat Matrix" were put into development... but it didn't take long for irony to return, for superficial news to return, and for celebrity worship to return.
The "events of Feb. 1," meanwhile, have sent a chill through all media. Networks are re-editing shows previously given the greenlight to air. Radio congloms are threatening "zero tolerance." NBC is preventing us from getting to see an 80-year-old woman's breast on screen.
And in some of the goofiest nonsense I've seen yet, Walt Disney World shelved a six-foot statue of Mickey Mouse dressed like Janet Jackson in her "Rhythm Nation" music video. Whaaaaaa?
Also: ABC darkened a sex scene on Tuesday night's "NYPD Blue" for viewers in the Central and Mountain time zone, where the show airs at 9 p.m.
And now KCRW has axed Sandra Tsing Loh's weekly radio commentary after an editing flub allowed the "f" bomb to go over the airwaves. Honest mistake -- but apparently KCRW has a tougher "zero tolerance" policy than Clear Channel, which let slide a screw up on the first day of Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show, when somehow two callers were able to say profanities on the air. (Although, I also wonder if this wasn't just a convenient excuse by KCRW to get rid of Loh.)
Apparently the world will not forget 2/1... the day Janet Jackson's right boob changed us all.
(Thanks to Joe, Denise and L.A. Observed for pointing these examples out.)
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