Chix flix nixed
Ironic fun fact behind the li'l dustup between the Dixie Chicks and NBC, which issued a statement that it "cannot accept" commercials for the new documentary "Shut Up and Sing" "as they are disparaging to the President" (has anyone at NBC gotten wind of what Keith Olbermann's up to over on MSNBC?): In 2002, the group shot a concert film for the network at Oscar's home, the Kodak Theatre, promoting their album "Home."
That, even though I'm pretty sure one of the songs on the album was entitled, "We're Also Ashamed of Jeff Zucker." As I recall, lead singer Natalie Maines spoke in subsequent interviews of how difficult the song was to write without a rhyming dictionary.
The CW also reported told the film's distributor that it did "not have appropriate programming in which to schedule this spot," like that's stopped them from running commercials for any other product.
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