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Will Wipo Rescue Santa Claus?

Ananova reports that Disney studio bosses are concerned virtually a novel moving-picture present which shows Father Christmas drinking, stealing together with chasing girls. "Bad Santa", starring Billy Bob Thornton, has been made past times Disney subsidiary Miramax, the studio that likewise made Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill". In i scene, Santa says to a barmaid: "I'm an eating, drinking, f***ing Santa Claus!" "Prove it," she replies. The adjacent scene shows Santa together with the barmaid having sexual practice inwards his car. In some other scene, a kid asks: "You are actually Santa, right?" Santa responds: "No, I'm an accountant. I vesture this every bit a f***ing fashion statement!" The Drudge Report says the celluloid has caused "complete outrage" with senior Disney executives. "Nothing appears sacred, anymore, this is only non inwards the spirit of Walt Disney", a root unopen to Chief Executive Michael Eisner is quoted every bit saying.

is non surprised that Santa Claus should live on considered sacred past times money-making Disney executives, fifty-fifty though he is pretty good devoid of significance inwards really religious circles. H5N1 search of the Vatican website, for example, scored nada hits for "Santa Claus". Further, Google searches for "Santa Claus" + coin yield unopen to 155,000 hits, "Santa Claus" + sexual practice grade unopen to 64,100 together with "Santa Claus" + organized religious belief scores solely unopen to 48,700. More seriously, the IPKat notes that nosotros are dealing hither with the tarnishment of a fact-based fictional graphic symbol who has brought untold happiness to millions of children. Perhaps WIPO's plans for the protection of traditional cognition together with folkore should live on extended to comprehend cultural icons such every bit Santa Claus, whose value may live on irretrievably damaged past times such acts of cultural vandalism.

Santa Claus' history, current activities together with death
Pagan Christmas Cult here; Santa Claus banking corporation robbery here
Santa Claus jokes here and here
Twenty ways to confuse Santa Claus here


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