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Have a Hulkin Cigar
Posted by Raven on June 16th, 2008
Nanny state stuff of the day:
The American Medical Association is hulking mad at Marvel Studios.
Last week, the advocacy arm of the powerful physicians’ group unleashed a tsk-tsk campaign against “The Incredible Hulk,” a Marvel film that opened on Friday and is distributed by Universal Pictures. The complaint was of “gratuitous depictions of smoking.”
In the movie, which drew a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, Gen. Thunderbolt Ross, a bad guy played by William Hurt, is rarely seen without a smoke-spewing cigar. (Presumably, the physicians’ association worries that children who identify with the authoritarian general — who wants to annihilate the Hulk, played by Edward Norton — may be tempted to pick up the habit.)
Uh oh.
This song was heard all over my town this morning when I went to the diner. Does this mean whoever was listening to this tune should expect a whopping slap on the wrist from the AMA??
Pink Floyd: Have A Cigar
Bite me AMA. Cigars are good.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Sometimes these agencies tend to get a bit stupid. Those Marvel films IMO are outstanding; they help me relive those old stories back in my comic book collection days.
Nice video; you’ve hit one of my most cherished bands of all time.
By the way, which one’s pink?
June 16th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Btw, that’s also Roy Harper doing the vocals on that song. Seemed that Roger was going to sing it but wasn’t happy with his own vocals. Roy Harper came to the studios during the recording of that song and volunteered to sing it and it worked. During the same period, they also had another visitor, and at first they didn’t know who it was. It turned out the fat wierd bloke was Syd Barrett.
I(‘m a huge fan of Syd. He started something awesome.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
I LOVE Pink Floyd. And I’ve seen them live 8 times, before the break up. I miss them. One can always hear a PF tune in my house!
June 16th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
This was one of the few times RW could not sing. And DG wasn’t up to it either…Syd was one of the original members. He wrote most of Shine On You Crazy Diamond….one of my other favorites.