"Sex and the City" star gets Israeli cover-up

[emad]

Tue 23 November, 2004 15:48

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker's fashion sense raised the ire of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel who demanded that billboards featuring the actress in a skimpy dress be covered up.

Photos of Parker lying in a skin-revealing, spaghetti strap gown were pasted on billboards across Israel promoting Lux soap.

But ultra-Orthodox Jews took offence at the sight of Parker's arms, back, shoulders and even a little thigh.

So much so that one leading ultra-Orthodox rabbi contacted the distributor and warned that if the offending posters were not removed then the religious community would boycott the company's extensive product line, the Haaretz daily reported.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6897200§ion=news

[arwalden]

1. Okay... So Don't Buy It. Use Lye Instead.

[daa]

8. I don't think they bathe do they? eom

[quiet.american]

2. Wow -- is Lux soap still around?

I love that soap!

[mondo joe]

3. Just hang a massive Burqa over the sign

It would be easier and more to the point.

[Zuni]

7. They should just take the advice of one Mr. Ashcroft

[ArthurDent]

4. Boycotts are not leglislation

This is how they _should_ counter the advertisement -- boycotting. They aren't passing a law or ordinance banning the ad. They aren't burning it or vandalizing it. It's really no different than not tuning into ClearChannel stations because you don't like what they promote.

Then again, SJ Parker is a bit of a butterface, so anything that draws attention away from that is a positive. Too bad the ultra-Orthodox Israelis ruined it!

[sonicx]

5. Who said anything about passing a law?

It says right in the article that they may do a boycott, so i don't understand your message...

[ArthurDent]

6. I'm just saying

that they're going about it the right way.