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The same media and cultural differences, then, and now?
Elvis, age 24-25 in Germany 58-60 openly dated Seigrid, 15, until he openly dated Cilla, 14, from Sep 59. All unmolested by the fair Deutsch media. In Dec 57 Jerry Lee, 21, wed Myra, 13. The Killer then extensively toured the US & OZ unmolested by the fair Yank-Oz media. Until May 58 the young Mr & Mrs Lewis plus entourage were foully abused by the bent-UK media. Also infecting the US, OZ and other media, destroying a fantastic career, several families, and tens of millions of fans worldwide. Quote pregnant Myra, Jun Rockin 58: Where we all come from, a gal can marry at 10 if she can find a man. (Er, ya mean a Pedo dont cha, Myra?)
Fine coincidence, Rockin 58-59, the years that Ruski-Yank Vlads Lolita was finally US-UK legally published. To much US-UK media mock-outrage and sensational sales. While, since 1955 it had been openly sold in mature France, and mainland modern Europe. Not so incredible now to see why, in the same recent modern era ongoing, the uptight Yanks & Brits also struggled to accept other adult sexual classics. Like, Lady Chatterlys Lover , Fanny Hill, Tropic Of Cancer, plus on stage-and-screen, Hair, Last Tango In Paris, Men In Lurve, Deep Throat, Caligula, Come Play With Me, Confessions Of A Window Cleaner, Carry On Camping, Some Mothers Do Ave Em-Oooh Betty!!!, Vile Pervert The Musical and so much more. Some, now patronizingly considered pass.
Dont come back Mary Whitehouse, you are NOT forgiven!
Don't forget Swingin '69, "Oh Calcutta". Devised by unfaithful sexual hypocrite Kenneth Tynan (stuttered UK 3rd ever "F"-word on Brit TV Swingin '65 - Ooooh Betty!!!)
On 13 November 1965, Tynan participated in a live TV debate, broadcast as part of the BBC's late-night satirical show BBC-3. He was asked whether he would allow a play to be staged in which sexual intercourse was represented on the stage, and replied: Well, I think so, certainly. I doubt if there are any rational people to whom the word 'fuck' would be particularly diabolical, revolting or totally forbidden. I think that anything which can be printed or said can also be seen." No recording survives of the programme, but Private Eye always maintained that Tynan's stammer made it the first three-syllable four-letter word. At the time, this was believed to be the first time the word "fuck" had been spoken on British television - although it has since been pointed out that at least two others have a prior claim: Brendan Behan on Panorama in 1956 (although his drunken slurring was not understood) or an anonymous man who painted the railings on Stranmillis Embankment alongside the River Lagan in Belfast, who in 1959 told Ulster TV's magazine show, Roundabout, that his job was "fucking boring".For a time it made him the most notorious man in the country". In response to public outcry, the BBC was forced to issue a formal apology. In the House of Commons, four censuring motions were signed by a total of 133 Labour and Tory backbenchers. Mary Whitehouse, a frequent critic of the BBC over issues of "morals and decency", wrote a letter to the Queen, suggesting that Tynan should be reprimanded by having "his bottom spanked". The irony of Whitehouse's comment has been noted, given the later revelations of Tynan's fetish for flagellation. The controversy was part of a larger, longstanding aim of Tynan's "of breaking down linguistic inhibitions on the stage and in print. In 1960, "after much manoeuvring", Tynan got the four-letter word into The Observer in an article about the Lady Chatterley trial. His organisation of Oh! Calcutta! in 1969 was another important victory in that campaign. Tynan was fiercely against censorship and was determined to break taboos that he considered arbitrary. Tynan's left-wing politics and lifestyle made him something of a poster boy for 1960s radical chic and champagne socialism in London. He suffered a serious personal defeat in the National's internal battles over his support for the Rolf Hochhuth play Soldiers, a controversial work highly critical of Winston Churchill, whose National Theatre production was eventually cancelled.
OnARocknRoll.... wrote: The same media and cultural differences, then, and now?
Elvis, age 24-25 in Germany ’58-‘60 openly dated Seigrid, 15, until he openly dated Cilla, 14, from Sep ’59. All unmolested by the fair Deutsch media. In Dec ’57 Jerry Lee, 21, wed Myra, 13. The ‘Killer’ then extensively toured the US & OZ unmolested by the fair Yank-Oz media. Until May ’58 the young Mr & Mrs Lewis plus entourage were foully abused by the bent-UK media. Also infecting the US, OZ and other media, destroying a fantastic career, several families, and tens of millions of fans worldwide. Quote pregnant Myra, Jun Rockin ’58: “Where we all come from, a gal can marry at 10 if she can find a man.” (Er, ya mean ‘a Pedo’ don’t cha, Myra?)
Fine coincidence, Rockin ’58-’59, the years that Ruski-Yank Vlad’s ‘Lolita’ was finally US-UK legally published. To much US-UK media mock-outrage and sensational sales. While, since 1955 it had been openly sold in mature France, and mainland modern Europe. Not so incredible now to see why, in the same recent modern era ongoing, the uptight Yanks & Brits also struggled to accept other adult sexual classics. Like, Lady Chatterly’s Lover , Fanny Hill, Tropic Of Cancer, plus on stage-and-screen, Hair, Last Tango In Paris, Men In Lurve, Deep Throat, Caligula, Come Play With Me, Confessions Of A Window Cleaner, Carry On Camping, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em-Oooh Betty!!!, Vile Pervert The Musical … and so much more. Some, now patronizingly considered passé.
Don’t come back Mary Whitehouse, you are NOT forgiven!
they are from the South that had it's own rules and the marrying age was much lower.
But very amusing to see Mary Whitehouse-Thomas tweeting his approval of Elvis (he claims he loved watching Elvis movies on Saturday mornings...I mean sadly for Elvis his movies were totally unwatchable and utter trash),
But it's now official : Mary has tweeted her love of a celebrity who groomed children into becoming wives or bed partners !
hedda wrote: they are from the South that had it's own rules and the marrying age was much lower.
But very amusing to see Mary Whitehouse-Thomas tweeting his approval of Elvis (he claims he loved watching Elvis movies on Saturday mornings...I mean sadly for Elvis his movies were totally unwatchable and utter trash),
But it's now official : Mary has tweeted her love of a celebrity who groomed children into becoming wives or bed partners !
Of course, Jerry Lee Lewis was only about twenty-one, but he looked so much older. And it is not surprising his wife looked younger than her age because she still does. It seems the problem in the marriage wasn't the age gap, or her youth, but because Jerry was a bit of an arse.
He is still touring apparently.
Most revealing are the ever increasing, sad superficiality of today's shallow perceptions, 'appearances' noted here, are VERY misleading.
Born within a year of each other and both highly intelligent. Yet Myra was tiny and doll-like, while Cilla was taller and well developed - so what ?!
And, despite the huge stress and damage caused by their sickening abuse-by-media (not suffered by The Presleys), the TRUE victims Myra & Jerry (plus their families including children), were married for nearly 14 years. Far longer than many showbiz or non-showbiz couplings before or since.
TooMuchTruth wrote: Most revealing are the ever increasing, sad superficiality of today's shallow perceptions, 'appearances' noted here, are VERY misleading.
Born within a year of each other and both highly intelligent. Yet Myra was tiny and doll-like, while Cilla was taller and well developed - so what ?!
And, despite the huge stress and damage caused by their sickening abuse-by-media (not suffered by The Presleys), the TRUE victims Myra & Jerry (plus their families including children), were married for nearly 14 years. Far longer than many showbiz or non-showbiz couplings before or since.
Lurve beats all!
Of course appearances don't matter, and it is the maturity and ability to cope of the child/young person that counts, but Jerry Lee Lewis expressed an interest in Myra when she was just eleven years old.
I imagine there would have been a fuss about Priscilla too if they had been open about the nature of their relationship?
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She looks every bit a child.