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On the left, the American poster. And on the right, the Canadian poster, as per a photo I took at a theatre this morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note the difference?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, the American distributor of Shut Up & Sing<\/a><\/i>, the new documentary about the Dixie Chicks and how politics interfered with their musical career, has digitally added towels or blankets to the Dixie Chicks\u2019 naked bodies \u2014 but it has kept the words that were written on their skin, so that now those words are written partly on their bodies, and partly on their coverings.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Some might think that this is a little ironic, considering that the film \u2014 as per the tagline on the poster itself \u2014 is all about the freedom of expression, and also considering that the central element in this poster is taken from the cover of the May 2, 2003 issue of Entertainment Weekly<\/i>. If the implied nudity was good enough for news stands and magazine racks, then why would it not be good enough for movie theatre lobbies?<\/p>\n

Ah, but the plot thickens. Both<\/i> posters are censored in one other interesting way.<\/p>\n

If you look at the original magazine cover, you will see that Emily Robison\u2019s arm originally said \u201cDixie Sluts\u201d, whereas on the movie posters, it now says \u201cDixie Bimbos\u201d.<\/p>\n

And whereas Martie Maguire\u2019s leg originally said both \u201cProud Americans\u201d and \u201cSaddam\u2019s Angels\u201d, the latter phrase has been erased, and the former phrase has been stretched to fill the space. The funny thing is, if you go to the Weinstein Company\u2019s website<\/a>, \u201cProud Americans\u201d has not been stretched at all, and the part of her leg that used to refer to Saddam Hussein is simply blank.<\/p>\n

So the posters have eliminated possibly the worst insults hurled at the Dixie Chicks \u2014 insults that they wore on their bodies for that Entertainment Weekly<\/i> cover. The question is, Why? What potential moviegoers would have been alienated by those two phrases, but not by all the other phrases on the poster?<\/p>\n

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MAR 13 UPDATE: The poster art has carried over to the DVDs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"