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Flotsam & Jetsam
TMZ Finally Given The Porn Parody Treatment
2:45AM Foster Kamer | All good things come, ha, to an end. In pop culture, canonisations are routinely bestowed by the porn industry. Meet the comedic genius that is TMSleaze, starring Ron Jeremy as Harvey Levin. Featuring Speidi, Jessica Simpson/Tony Romo, and Amy Winehouse. More »
People
11:12AM Ryan Tate | Michael Jackson was a beloved worldwide star for the entire 1980s. Even after his reputation darkened, he remained a global obsession. But underlining his death is a sense we’ll see no more stars of that scale and endurance. More »
The Last Megastar
11:12AM Ryan Tate | Michael Jackson was a beloved worldwide star for the entire 1980s. Even after his reputation darkened, he remained a global obsession. But underlining his death is a sense we’ll see no more stars of that scale and endurance. More »
People
Bea Arthur’s Top 5 Contributions To Pop Culture
7:00AM Tracie | Actress Bea Arthur passed away on April 25, at the age of 86, from cancer. While she personally didn’t identify as feminist, her career made an enormous impact on the women’s movement. More »
Let’s Take A Moment To Remember The Golden Girls
1:08PM Jess McGuire | One thing I remember vividly from when I was sick as a little kid is the daytime television viewing schedule of my mother, and how exciting it was to share that with her. Sick days meant I was able to watch The Beverly Hillbillies, Rockford Files, Petticoat Junction, and best of all… The Golden Girls. I loved it but I remembered it as a nice show with loads of old ladies.
Now, of course, I realise it’s full of sexual humour and rapid fire one liners, and I appreciate it a whole different level. I was reminded of my Golden Girls love after watching Betty White call Sarah Palin “one crazy bitch”, so let’s celebrate with a clip and a link after the jump. More » Amusing Japanese Porn Titles (Translated Into English)
9:46AM Jess McGuire | Exactly what it says on the packet! My occasional bouts of insomnia mean that sometimes I find myself clicking through countless strange Wikipedia pages until somehow I’ve gone from learning about the personal lives of Flight Of The Conchords to marvelling at the fact Stephen Baldwin became a born again Christian thanks to a middle aged Brazilian housekeeper. Anyway, the other night I couldn’t sleep, and somehow went from reading about Hokusai to Japanese porn star Sakura Sakurada’s Wikipedia page.
Reading her INCREDIBLY LENGTHY resume, I began to notice that the English titles of the films, when translated from Japanese, were vaguely hysterical. So I picked the best ones and emailed them to my friends. Said friends enjoyed them. Then I showed my friend George. He laughed. heartily And then I thought “Why am I not sharing these with my people, the good readers of Defamer Australia?”
I slapped myself, and then I began to bang out this post.
After the jump, enjoy the titles of Japanese porn films translated into English. There are a couple of great band/song names in there, if you ask me. More » 