"We feel bitter and disgusted to show such pictures because this cinema has always shown good films. But if we don't, there is no money to pay our wages and rent," said Isaam Abdul Kareem, who has taken tickets for 20 years at Baghdad's prestigious Semiramis cinema.
"Just 50 people a day come in for good films. Hundreds come for the 'romantic' ones. We must go with the market."
The quote to end all quotes, I challenge you to find a better one.
Hell I don't care what he sells, I just find it funny that he is actually saying he is forced into selling pr0n.
I hear that bukkake is the fastest growing segment of the Iraqi pr0n market...
"There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in international relationships." -Theodore Roosevelt
I guess you gotta do what you gotta do to earn a living the way things are in Iraq right now for civilians. This guy has hit a gold mine though, he'll be a millionaire soon enough that's for sure. Too bad his business is not on the market, pr0n industry in Iraq is about to blow up!
I found it interesting that the article said many cineplex owners don't want to show the porn, its just that porn was the only thing that would draw a crowd.
None the less, I'm sure the clerics will blame the decadent Americans for this.
I can't wait until they start producing Iraqi porn, if only to learn about some new regional sexual fetish that I'm unfamiliar with. Apparently there were all kinds that I was in the dark about, until the glorious internet came along...
"It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant."- Barack Obama
Religion, not freedom, is what barred them from doing this. However, in your defense, freedom is what lets them view it without getting beaten or thrown in jail.
Adex_Xeda wrote:I found it interesting that the article said many cineplex owners don't want to show the porn, its just that porn was the only thing that would draw a crowd.
Everyone has excuses. He's covering his ass saying he doesn't want to show it. What are they considering pr0n anyway? Summer Lovers?
