Bush's Fault Again Politics First global warming - then Hurricane Katrina. Does George Bush's malevolence know no bounds? Now this: ... "Basic Instinct 2" limped into 10th place upon its arrival this weekend, grossing just $3.2 million. [...] Paul Verhoeven, director of the first "Basic Instinct" (which scored $353 million worldwide) ... attributes the genre's demise to the current American political climate. "Anything that is erotic has been banned in the United States," said the Dutch native. "Look at the people at the top (of the government). We are living under a government that is constantly hammering out Christian values. [...] Scribe Nicholas Meyer, who was an uncredited writer on 1987's seminal sex-fueled cautionary tale "Fatal Attraction," agrees, noting that the genre's downfall coincides with the ascent of the conservative political movement. "We're in a big puritanical mode," he said. "Now, it's like the McCarthy era, except it's not 'Are you a communist?' but 'Have you ever put sex in a movie?"' Ah yes. McCarthyism. Posted by Stuart Browning 4 Apr 2006 @ 9:04am