Two movies released so far this year, "Because I Said So" and "Wild Hogs"- two of the worst, in fact- have both used a version of the same gag. A middle-aged, non-savvy character is using a computer. He/she presses the wrong button, unwittingly bringing up hard-core pornography. Therefore, he/she is subject to great embarrassment, when unable to turn the website off.
It's sort of a dumb gag, sort of embarrassing for such excellent actors as Diane Keaton and William H. Macy to stoop to. And even worse, many critics commented on how implausible such a situation is. But now, in fact, the exact same thing has happened in real life.
A Connecticut substitute teacher was convicted in January of exposing her class of 7th graders to a pornographic website- even though the non-computer-literate 40-year-old was merely attempting to show her students a site devoted to hairstyles. That's when the porn popped up. The teacher, Julie Amero, thus faces as much as 40 years in prison.
Screw Scooter Libby. It's Amero who should get an immediate pardon.
Posted by Stephen Silver at March 12, 2007 09:20 PM