OMG! Gossip Girl Threesome!1!!
I don’t know why the Parents Television Council (PTC) is surprised at the sexual content of the CW’s Gossip Girl. The show, which plays outside family hours, kicked off its first season in a cloud of drunken hook-ups, lies and betrayals, and enjoys an audience averaging 27 years of age, still seems to be considered a teen show.
They’re slow. Their beef now is with rumors that Monday night’s episode will feature a–gasp! OMG!–threesome!
TheWrap, which reported on this story, posted a letter from PTC (Puritanical Tyrants Coalition?) chief Tim Winter, excerpted here because, god, hasn’t he heard that we can’t deal with info longer than 140 characters?:
By now you must be aware … that the November 9th episode of the teen-targeted drama Gossip Girl will feature major characters in a sexual threesome.
To include a story line like this on a program that is expressly targeted to impressionable teenagers is reckless and irresponsible. I appeal to your highest sense of decency, respect and common sense in urging you to preempt this episode.
… Gossip Girl routinely depicts teenage characters engaging in promiscuous and consequence-free sexual behavior, and that’s bad enough. But will you now be complicit in establishing a precedent and expectation that teenagers should engage in behaviors heretofore associated primarily with adult films? Behaviors that not only increase health risks, but which are emotionally and psychologically damaging to participants, as well? I certainly hope not, and I’m sure members of your community and parents of children who watch your network expect more of you.
The letter closed with a nice threat about a possible fine imposed by the FCC on programming that is “unsatisfactory or unsuitable or contrary to the public interest.” Wow, you’d think the guy was talking about necrophilia or something. It’s a freaking threesome, dude. I had some in high school. None one died. Chill out.
Just wait until Britney Spears’ single “3” takes over the airwaves. It’s true, my dear fashionistas–threesomes are the hottest trend this winter. Enjoy with the appropriate caution.
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