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OMG, Says Parents Council to Gossip Girl's OMFG
Blake Lively and Penn Badgley in Gossip Girl by Giovanni Rufino/The CW
It was only a matter of time. Media watchdog group Parents Television Council is hot on the Louboutin heels of the CW's "OMFG" marketing campaign for Gossip Girl, saying it's just too sultry. The print and online campaign has been heating up for the past few weeks (you can take a peek here!).
The Council takes issue in particular, with what they say is a "sexually suggestive photo showing a teenage boy kissing a girl's cleavage." In a statement, PTC said it "deplores the CW's deliberate use of profanity and sexual imagery to exploit and further corrupt young viewers." Further, the Council adds, GG "glamorizes casual sex and drug use among teens. Storylines have featured a would-be teen rapist, threesome among teens, and teenage girls having sex with adults."
Gossip Girl and the CW are only the latest target, however, of PTC wrath. In the past, the Council has also taken issue with shows including Dexter, America's Next Top Model and Las Vegas, among other targets, such as the networks MTV and BET, for well, just doing what they do ("sex, violence, drugs and explicit language," according to the PTC).
While CW has not yet responded, you can. Is the racy new Gossip campaign just too racy for teens' own good? Or simply a more glamorous presentation of what's already out there (especially since the audience extends way beyond teens)? — Anna Dimond
Related:
• Watch video: OMFG! Gossip Girl Is Coming Back!
• Ausiello: OMFG! Check Out Gossip Girl's Racy New Ad Campaign!
• PTC Sees Red Over Dexter, Goes Green with Fury Over Vegas
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Apr 24, 2008 3:19 PM
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A teenage boy kissing a girl's cleavage? OMFG! How unnatural! When will those pathetic and annoying losers from PTC finally put a sock in it and get a life?
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Apr 24, 2008 3:54 PM
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Hey Parents Council, isn't it the parents job to look out for their children? Leave my show alone!
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Apr 24, 2008 4:01 PM
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Are they a bit racy? Yes! Is it any worse than those pictures your teenagers upload to their MySpace profiles? Prob. not! Sadly, High School today is more like GOSSIP GIRL than it is HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.
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Apr 24, 2008 4:05 PM
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What teenage girls with adults? NONE of the girls on the show has done anything like that with an adult.
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Apr 24, 2008 4:08 PM
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May I just say that I just tried to post the word s-x and the TVGuide filter said that it was inappropriate.
What's next? Pregnant?
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Apr 24, 2008 4:10 PM
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Frak PTC!!!
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Apr 24, 2008 4:36 PM
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It's too bad no one cares, because controversy like this used to get more people to tune in! Fortunately, the world has grown up and we don't need someone telling us what to watch.
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Apr 24, 2008 6:32 PM
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I think that the adds go too far and are unnecessary. You want it to be in the show, fine keep it in the show. If the show is so great you don't need this type of shock value advertising to get people to watch.
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Apr 24, 2008 11:39 PM
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The PTC are far-right lunatics. The media should just ignore their press releases the same way that they would avoid flat-earthers other tinfoil hat-wearing morons.
These dorks give religion and family values a bad name and thus do the exact opposite of what they intend. In that way, they're inherently blaspheming their own beliefs.
-- Rob
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Apr 25, 2008 3:50 AM
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As many have said in their comments, the PTC should just shrivel up and go away. I'm sick and tired of do-gooders trying to change things they don't like. They do not have to watch, or read, what they consider objectionable.
So, PTC.... GO AWAY!!!
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Apr 25, 2008 10:50 AM
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I think the ads go too far. I can certainly choose what I want to watch or what I allow my children to watch, but it is hard to avoid ads, especially when they are on a website that I approve of in general. The OMFG offended me a little bit.. mainly the "F". OMG would have been sufficient.
Again, I'm not for censorship, and I choose when to turn the television off, but I think the ads themselves are a little too provocative.
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Apr 25, 2008 11:30 AM
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I can't say I think they should use OMFG in the ad, but I agree, it should be up to the parents to teach their kids. Unfortunately, there are way too many parents out there that don't teach their kids. With the stats of kids having sex and getting STD's, it only goes to prove my point.
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Apr 25, 2008 12:38 PM
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I totaly agree with the PTC. There has got to be some kind of sanity here. It is completely inappropriate to air adds like the one in question anytime, anywhere. Yes parent's need to be responsible for thier own children, organizations like the PTC help these efforts. All you who complain that you don't want to be told what you can watch on T.V. need to realize that there are other people WITH CHILDREN who feel the same way about it. We would like to have the option to NOT have something shoved in our faces. There is a program listing for shows, but not for adds.
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Apr 25, 2008 9:06 PM
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