Andres Serrano's "Immersion" and Morality in Art
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Immersion (Piss Christ) is a 1987 photograph by Andres Serrano that helped Senator Jessie Helms realize his career-long dream of gutting the National Endowment for the Arts. It\'s a 60x40-inch Cibachrome print of a plastic Jesus figurine apparently submerged in the artist\'s own urine. It\'s a piece that is as controversial as it is misunderstood, and which highlights an important thing that many American adults forget: you have a right to free speech, not freedom from being offended.
We also discuss exciting merchandising ideas!
Finally, here\'s an article about the history of halitosis as a marketing tool\\xa0and the controversial regulation which bans certain kinds of "extreme" porn in the UK. I promise it\'s all important, just listen to the episode.
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