By 'cavorting' they meant 'scenes of her acting in a horror film'.
By 'tacky' they meant 'pictures of nearly naked young women that we will find any excuse to use and will get us lots of hits'.
Today, the Mail is reporting Kelly Brook's boyfriend Danny Cipriani is (apparently) upset about her appearance in the film - and it's currently their top picture story. To illustrate it, they use two of the same pictures of La Brook 'cavorting' with the pornstar, and two others of her in a bikini - all purely for their news value, of course.
This is how journalist Katie Nicholl has begun her 'story':
Kelly Brook's latest movie role has landed her in hot water with boyfriend Danny Cipriani.
England rugby star Danny, 21, is less than impressed with her new horror flick Piranha, which has been dubbed ‘soft porn’ by movie critics.
Kelly’s co-actress Riley Steele has starred in several adult movies and the film is becoming a hit on unsavoury websites.
There's lots of problems with this. For one thing, Piranha 3-D isn't actually released until March 2010 and as filming only finished in June, it seems unlikely that the film is completed (IMDB currently says it's in post-production). Rotten Tomatoes is showing no reviews currently available so it's not entirely clear who these 'movie critics' are.
In a perfect 'Mail outrage' phrase, the claim the film has become popular on 'unsavoury websites' doesn't stand up if the film isn't finished.
And what is an 'unsavoury website'? One which shamelessly publishes images of Kelly Brook and Riley Steele perhaps?
The 'soft porn' claim hardly needs challenging. It's obviously bogus. Look at the CV of director Alexandre Aja or a cast that includes Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd and Elisabeth Shue. Or just watch the original Piranha.
Later in the story, if you can find the sentences among all the pictures, a 'spokesperson for Kelly' says:
there are no topless scenesReally? So it's a 'soft porn' film with 'no topless scenes'?
That would be like some high profile 'news' story with no news content.
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If I was promised "soft porn" and didn't even get so much as tits, I'd feel most cheated. Mind you I was 14 when Channel 5 started broadcasting and as such have rather high standards for this sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteI loved this comment on the Mail website:
ReplyDelete'I like Kelly Brook, she seems like a nice person but yes it is a shame that she feels the only way to get noticed is to use her body as a tool'
As opposed to what? Reading the Daily Fail which marks out out as a complete tool, full stop?