The Coarsening Culture

This is a sad little reminder of how coarse US culture has become -- and the kind of abuse heaped on those who dare to object to it.

Apparently, film critic Joel Siegel spoke out and then left a critic's screening of "Clerks II," forty minutes into the film. Siegel's abrupt departure was occasioned by a scene in which, as the linked article puts it, the clerks "graphically discuss hiring a woman to perform sexual favors on a donkey." (emphasis added).

Good for Siegel. Not too surprisingly, he's come under attack from the film's creator -- and the mentality behind this fine cinematic fare is evident from his vulgar, expletive-laced tirade.

This is the kind of person who's being paid to entertain America's teens -- and what a perspective on sex, relationships and women he's offering! What's even worse is that all the other film critics were willing to sit still to watch and listen to this garbage -- all the while knowing that it was going to be marketed to young people all across the United States.

Shame.