Salt Lake City theater fined for showing 'Hangover Part II'

[n2doc]

Oh, Utah.

First, you banned the Chubby (a whimsical name for a mini-keg of beer.)

And now you’ve taken aim at “The Hangover Part II.”

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that state liquor-control commissioners on Thursday fined a Salt Lake City theater $1,627 for showing the popular raunch-fest.

Yes, the movie -- which L.A. Times critic Betsy Sharkey dismissed as a “headache-inducing, unapologetic money grab” that gave her “morning-after regrets” -- has screened elsewhere in Utah. But those theaters don’t serve alcohol; therefore, Utah’s liquor laws don’t apply to them.

Brewvies Cinema Pub apparently violated statues that ban bars and clubs from showing various types of nudity and sex acts. Among the “Hangover” scenes that flouted the laws, according to the Tribune: “a monkey chewing on a plastic water bottle strategically placed beneath a monk’s robes.”

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/09/hangover-part-ii-nudity-salt-lake-city-utah-liquor-laws.html

[Taverner]

1. Welcome to America sans Constitution...

You are GUILTY until proven INNOCENT

Remember that now!

[Kurovski]

2. I don't blame them! Sex "acts" ?!

No acting allowed. Give me the real thing or bugger off!

[Major Nikon]

3. Damn, I thought the blue laws in Texas were bad

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[DisabledDem]

4. Utah...

:puke: