MBTA slammed over 'Porno' ads

Keep kids from smut, prof says By Christine McConville Friday, October 10, 2008 - Updated 10m ago A Boston child-development expert wants the MBTA to remove the provocative advertisements for the movie, “Zack and Miri Make a Porno.” “It’s not appropriate,” said Wheelock College professor Diane Levin, co-author of the book, “So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids,” about the T’s decision to place the ads on the bus shelters that line busy city streets. “It is a public space where parents have no control over what their kids are exposed to,” Levin said. The soon-to-be-released film tells the story of two cash-strapped friends, played by actors Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks, who make a pornographic film for money. The movie’s promotional posters show stick figures of a male,... [read full story]                    

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