Silent Bob makes a porno

Kevin Smith (a.k.a, Silent Bob) has made a movie called Zack and Miri Make a Porno which apparently has offended the precious sensibilities of some towns and their city councils.
The film's marketers decided to display posters using stick figures to represent the actors. Apparently it's not the stick figures that bother them so much, it's the word PORNO!
There are newspapers, tv stations and outdoor advertising companies that have all jumped on the ban-bandwagon.
Amazingly, the impetus for this ludicrous issue was down to a father who complained of having to explain to his young son, during a commercial break from a football game where the ad for the film aired, what the word PORNO meant.
The movie is about two platonic best friends (boy and girl) who decide to make their very own porn to get out of debt. Funny, right?
Well, apparently some people don't think so.

I read this just today:

Diane Levin, an education professor specializing in child development at Boston's Wheelock College, said the posters at city bus stops send a message to children that working in the porn industry is an acceptable occupation.

"It's drawing attention to a movie which is mainstreaming and normalizing pornography, saying if you need money, this is what you do," said Levin, co-author of "So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids."

The stick-figure images are especially appealing to youngsters, since "stick figures are something for children," she said.

A marketer for the film had this to say in their own defense:

"It's a comedy. It's a joke. We're not advertising a porno. It's not a porno. The word `porno,' it's not supposed to turn you on. It's supposed to make you laugh."

Finally, the voice of reason!