The two-and-a-half hour sexy send-up of Walt Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' incorporates computer-generated special effects - including animated skeleton pirates and six XXX-rated sex scenes. 'Pirates II' cost some $10 million to make, according to Digital Playground. The film already has been screened at a handful of the country's prestigious colleges and universities, part of an innovative marketing campaign on the part of production company Digital Playground to reach the 'well-educated, big spending consumers of the future,' according to company spokeswoman Adella Curry.
The university's decision to cancel the screening spotlights a debate - held on several campuses where the film has been screened - over whether colleges should be used to advertise pornography, the role of porn in the exploitation of women and the First Amendment. If the movie is being shown for educational reasons, someone should be presenting the dangers too. Occasional viewing of porn is more dangerous than occasionally lighting up a cigarette.
'Students can't light up a cigarette in the student union but can watch a hardcore XXX porn film.
'I am pleased to know that the university did the right thing and canceled this movie,' said Maryland state Sen.
