Digital Bra

Thank you to Disney for giving me something interesting to write about:

Teen actress Lindsay Lohan's breasts have been digitally reduced for forthcoming Disney film Herbie: Fully Loaded, to avoid offending family audiences.

Test screenings for the new movie, the fourth sequel to the 1968 film The Love Bug about a Volkswagen Beetle car with a mind of its own, indicated that some parents felt Lohan's character Maggie Peyton was too raunchy for a children's film. (emphasis mine)

Disney technicians were forced to plough through numerous scenes - especially those showing the busty actress jumping up and down at a motor racing track, reducing her breasts by two cup sizes and raising revealing necklines on her T-shirts. (read full article here)

When I first read about this (in a sports column, no less), I couldn't believe what I saw. I know Disney is synonymous with wholesome entertainment, but come on!

This is puritanism taken too damn far. Kids watching the movie will be too focused on the digitally-enhanced Herbie to give a hoot about Lohan's breasts. As for kids who'll actually be more interested in Lohan than in Herbie... well, watching the movie won't make them any less innocent than they already are.

Note to all parents: your kids will eventually learn about sex, will eventually fantasize about having sex, and will eventually engage in sex. Limiting their exposure to large breasts will not change that.