IM Trail DOESN'T Surface In Keisha Castle-Hughes Pregnancy
This is the rarest of Hot Blog events… I am pulling down the vast majority of this entry.
In spite of what I thought was an obvious connection to Mark Foley and the comedic idea of a virgin birth requiring a modern relationship between Mary and God and even this late posted warning…
(NOTE: The above is a slight variation on the IM messages from Mark Foley to a teenaged Congressional page. Since Ms. Castle-Hughes is playing the Virgin Mary in an upcoming film, it only seemed logical that a virgin birth would start, in this day and age, with an IM exchange.)
… it seems that some websites, particularly in New Zealand, have run this fake communication as a real one and hounded Ms. Castle-Hughes over it. That was not my intent. And since it is the result and the joke is played out anyway, down it comes.
I have placed the opening, less graphic, section of the piece after the jump in case you have no idea what I am prattling on about.
I will kill over freedom of the press and any infringements on it that I feel are being requested – and I didn’t respond to an earlier request by an interested company to remove the piece – but this piece was not real, it’s not important news or satire, and it’s not worth upsetting a pregnant 16-year-old over.
And I will leave the comments as they were… and will be…
ENOUGH TO GET THE THE JIST OF THE SATIRE
READER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED: God’s Exchange With Underage Actress Playing The Virgin Mary In The Nativity
October 9, 2006
It’s disturbing what God has done to Keisha. I think Denny Hastert should resign as a result.
Dave. Dave. Dave.
I can’t believe this. Just like you, I thought it was pretty cool that the Hot Blog was identified by Travers in Rolling Stone. That’s great awareness in a good market.
My initial reaction to your inclusion of the Fergie cover was, “Awe, come on, Dave…you’re just using T&A to improve hits”. But I quickly forgave you since it’s you were excited and that’s gonna be a classic Rolling Stone cover.
So now you’re expecting first timers to check out your site, and you proceeded to have a great string of posts: Weekend estimates, Zorianna Kit, the awesome Laura Holson post, a plug for your Lunch video, and then a Flag of Our Fathers review. That’s solid stuff, and exactly why I’ve read everything that’s you’ve ever posted on this site.
But then, Dave, you cross over. The Keisha Castle-Hughes IM chat? What’s up with that? Come on!
I know you do stuff like this once and a while (TC, Lohan, and Gibson posts quickly come to mind), but doing it when you’re expecting newcomers and after especially 16 hours after justly ridiculing Ebert & Roeper’s production team for Zorianna’s excessive cleavage. Where’s your integrity?
How are intelligent people gonna view your blog now when they see it for the first time. They’re gonna scroll down and see that low-brow crap and assume you’re just another mindless Internet hack who’s more interested in sex than the real business of movies. On the other hand, the college guys are gonna love ya…I just hope this doesn’t start a new trend of pandering to the lowest common denominator. Because, Dave, you’re the one who taught me what happens to a journalistic enterprise when it starts dumbing itself down NYT .
Sorry, had to say something.
Happy to hear you… but we disagree. I think intellegent people will get the ironies involved.
So you really think it purient? Odd to me.
And I didn’t rip Ms. Kit just for her cleavage. It is her inability to offer anything else.
Methinks that Eric N knows nothing about the Foley affair, or, if he does, that he hasn’t read the Foley IM messages.
Actually, an IM conversation between the Almighty and Mary could make for a great comedy bit. Dave’s version is only so-so, no offense. But it’s a good idea.
MOTU4Ever? Surely God wouldn’t have such a lame screen name.
I think Poland’s comedy bits are always only so-so, but everyone’s taste is different.
Who turned Mary into a no-page-left-unturned little boy?
Thanks, Wrecktum, you’re right. Hadn’t read the Foley IMs.
Now seeing the greater context I can see where you’re coming from, Dave, and retract much of my original post…but still it’s a bit low-brow for my tastes. Although I agree with Blackcloud and an Almighty/Mary IM conversation is a great idea for a comedy bit, the execution here didn’t quite pull it off and consequently not sure it attains the level of quality you typically have here.
Not a big deal. Just wanted to try to give contructive feedback to let you know your readers are paying attention and thinking about what you write.
I found it slightly odd that the girl playing the Virgin mother of Jesus became pregnant. Out of wedlock.
And isn’t 16 and 19 year olds having sex considered statitory rape? Or is it 15 year olds?
“And isn’t 16 and 19 year olds having sex considered statitory rape? Or is it 15 year olds?”
I did a little research and the age of consent in Australia is 16, so I guess at this point it’s not considered statutory rape. But I’m sure they’ve been sleeping together since before she turned 16 so, well, it was, but no longer is.
For anyone who’s interested, in the US, in some states (mostly from the mid-west onwards) the age of consent is 18, 17 in others, and 16 in the eastern states.
And for the ???? ones, Japan, Spain, Argentina = 13; Canada, Iceland, Italy, Portual, Austria = 14.
But is that with people the same age? I know Australia you have to be under 2 years apart, but I don’t know if at 16 that rule stops applying or what.
“Since Ms. Castle-Hughes is laying the Virgin Mary in an upcoming film…”
Mary’s a lesbian? No wonder she’s a virgin! 😉
She’s a lesbian because she likes the whole catholic girl look
I don’t think I really need to know about 16 year olds getting knocked up. Shows how irresponsible the parents are here and how immature she is. An Oscar nom does not make one a grown up. Ask Tatum O’Neal.
Thanks for the catch, Cad
“But is that with people the same age? I know Australia you have to be under 2 years apart, but I don’t know if at 16 that rule stops applying or what.”
I think that some rule like that applies so maybe since he’s not that older than her, it’s not statutory rape.