Tuesday, September 24, 2002

I wonder if anyone is going to condemn Jesse Jackson for making an ugly, public call for censorship?

Jesse Jackson says he's pleased the producers of "Barbershop" have apologized for the film's barbs about Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and others, but still wants the jokes cut from future DVD and video editions of the hit movie.
The producers, Bob Teitel and George Tillman, told The Associated Press on Monday that they had apologized to Jackson on behalf of everyone involved with the film.

"I completely did not mean to offend anyone," Tillman said.

But Jackson said they must go further and remove those scenes from the video, DVD and cable versions.

"The apology is a step in the right direction," he told the AP, but added that he will "keep appealing to them" to do the right thing.

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