ABC Television is under siege after airing—and then "censoring"— Adam Lambert's controversial male-on-male "S&M" performance at the American Music Awards. More than 1,500 parents called the network to complain about Lambert's (reportedly unplanned) decision to simulate oral sex on stage with a male dancer. And though Lambert warned ABC that editing would amount to "discrimination," the network cut the segment for West Coast audiences (after airing it intact in EST). Fumed Lambert: "I don't mean to get political, but Madonna, Britney and Christina weren't edited ... female entertainers have been risqué for years." Did ABC act prudently—or politically incorrectly? (Watch Adam Lambert's performance at the AMAs.)
Where’s the outrage when it’s girl-on-girl? Adam Lambert’s "crotch-central action" isn’t anything new, says Jim Farber in the New York Daily News, at least for female performers. We’ve seen plenty of it "from Madonna, Britney, Janet," and countless other women. I say, "bull’s-eye Adam"—I’m glad you "tried to even up the score between mainstream depictions of man-on-man action and gal-on-gal."
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