{"id":128821,"date":"2015-11-15T23:09:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T06:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/15\/smut-give-me-smut-and-nothing-but.html"},"modified":"2015-11-16T09:19:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:19:23","slug":"smut-give-me-smut-and-nothing-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/15\/smut-give-me-smut-and-nothing-but.html","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Smut! Give me smut, and nothing but!&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Stephen Colbert has fun discussing the vagaries around what can, and what cannot, be shown on network TV, prompted by the sale for $170MM of Modigliani&#39;s painting <i>Nu Couch&eacute;.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Which calls to mind the Victorian Era Pre-Raphaelite artists who got away with painting plenty of un- (or diaphonously_ clothed women by choosing Greek and Roman classical, or pseudo-classical, subjects. &quot;It&#39;s not porn &#8212; it&#39;s <i>art!&quot;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>(Title via Tom Lehrer: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iaHDBL7dVgs\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/iaHDBL7dVgs<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YkJS0IzZREk' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/itXSmc9ZM3a'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Stephen Colbert has fun discussing the vagaries around what can, and what cannot, be shown on network TV, prompted by the sale for $170MM of Modigliani&#39;s painting Nu Couch&eacute;. Which calls to mind the Victorian Era Pre-Raphaelite artists who got away with painting plenty of un- (or diaphonously_ clothed women by choosing Greek and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/15\/smut-give-me-smut-and-nothing-but.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&quot;Smut! 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