Re: Rascal Flats Video?

Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 13:19:10 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western
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Barbara Sherrill wrote:
> Tara from CMT just said that Rascal Flats video shows nudity. Please tell me
> this is not true! I thought CMT always had some "family values" to what
> they showed to their young audience.
>
> Barb
>
>
Get your money for nothing and your chicks for free.
Coop
CMT showing first video with nudity
By BRAD SCHMITT
Staff Writer
After years of showing clothed people, Country Music Television broke a
barrier Saturday by showing a stripped-down music video — and we ain't
talking about ''acoustic,'' folks.
Country male trio Rascal Flatts made a video for current radio single I
Melt, and it features exposed rear ends. In gender equity not seen since
the potty parity of the Titans' stadium construction, the video features
male and female tushies.
Toward the end of the video, group member Joe Don Rooney flashes his
bottom as he gets out of bed naked. And his video love interest, played
by Miami-based model Christina Auria, takes a shower, and the camera
shows her full body from the side. In another shot, Auria's breasts,
shadowed and far from the camera, are exposed.
''We didn't see it as a big deal,'' said video director George Flanigen,
co-founder of Deaton Flanigen, the company that made the video. ''Any
girl with a string bikini or string thong shows the same thing.''
CMT's director of programming, Chris Parr, was on vacation yesterday and
couldn't be reached. CMT chief Brian Philips was in town, but a CMT
spokeswoman said he was unavailable for comment.