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Should billboards of 50 Cent’s new film be removed for promoting gun violence?
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Billboards advertising 50 Cent's new film, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," are set to be removed in Los Angeles communities, following complaints that they glorify gun violence. One poster shows the rapper stripped to the waist in a crucifixion-like pose with his tattooed, bullet-scarred back to the camera and arms outstretched, holding a microphone in one hand and a gun in the other. Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich sent a letter to distributor Paramount Pictures urging that the billboards be removed, starting with one outside an Altadena school, which had recently campaigned to curb gang activity in the neighborhood.


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Should billboards of 50 Cent’s new film be removed for promoting gun violence?
Select 1 of the following:
Yes, but only if they are next to schools
Yes, in any neighborhood
No, Paramount needs to support the artists
No, Other reasons (Please Comment)

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Poll Details
Poll ID: 2788 Created By: Anonymous
Poll Rating:
Total Votes: 29 (last at Aug 26, 2006 03:52 AM PDT)
Close Date: None
Resources:
ABC News
50 Cent\'s Homepage
BBC News
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Comment #1 from daytonamutt on Nov, 10, 2005, 17:57 PST [reply]
is it really THAT offensive? i am so NOT a "rap" fan howeve r given the times in which we live in all honesty how offens ive is an honest depiction of the phrase? would it have bee n better to show the truth of the dying for money? say our troops slaughtered in Iraq with Pres Bush;s fat wallet on th e other side?
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