I read a story recently about outrage over a former children’s performer appearing in Ralph magazine. Kellie Crawford, who had appeared on the children’s program Hi5 for ten years, had posed in lingerie for the May Edition of Ralph magazine.
It caused great concern to Julia Gale from Kids Free 2B Kids who said:
Older teenage girls will wonder why performers feel the need to pornify their image.
I was outraged and disgusted … PORNIFY – thats not a word. While Ms Crawford tastefully poses for Ralph Magazine Ms Gale tastelessly misuses the English language. But she is not the only one! Someone has coined Pornification to refer to a game where you change a legitimate movie title into an X-rated version. It can also be done for Shakespeare plays; some examples:
Two Gentlemen and Verona
Measure for Pleasure
The Desperate Wives of Windsor
Any other tasteful suggestions (moderation applies)?
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David Chapman said
am June 25 2009 @ 2:10 pm
Some don’t need pornifying, just imagination:
As You Like It(the more unusual the more it costs), Measure for Measure(mine’s bigger than yours), The Merry Wives of Windsor(and I thought Richmond was a happening town!?), Much Ado about Nothing(well it was a cold morning?) and King Lear (what a perv!).
Of course you could have:
A Midsummer Night’s Wet Dream, The Taming of the Screw, Romeo does Juliet and Oh! Thello!(give me moor!)
David said
am June 26 2009 @ 11:23 am
Next they’ll be pornifying Jacko…
Andrew Benjamin said
am June 29 2009 @ 10:15 pm
Actually, that someone was me.
Here’s a link to the “Shakesporn” page of my website:
http://www.pornifythis.com/pornification_shakesporn.asp
Enjoy!
Andrew Benjamin