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Wednesday, July 13, 2005


If you want to hear the world's dirtiest joke, you'd better not plan on going to an AMC Theater.
"The dirtiest joke ever told" won't be told in an AMC theater.

AMC Theatres, which will become the country's second-largest theater chain after its pending merger with Loews Cineplex, has decided not to exhibit "The Aristocrats," an upcoming unrated documentary about a particularly blue joke, on any of its screens.

According to the movie's distributor, ThinkFilm, the Kansas City-based AMC originally agreed to play the film in two markets -- Atlanta and Chicago -- but later backed out of its obligations.
God bless America, and the First amendment. If they don't want to show this vile film, then that means someone else will take my money. Fuck 'em. I sure would hate for someone exiting Herbie: Fully Loaded or The Dukes of Hazzard or whatever mindless dreck from the 70s they're currently remaking to be offended by a dirty word spilling forth from the adjacent theater.
"We are trying to program more specialty films in our theaters, but we are very selective," Blase said. "We've made a business decision and evaluated all the factors and we will stick with that decision."
The "business decision" he speaks of? They show crap. All the time. And they charge $9 for it.

Get in line, sheep.



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