After screening one of the episodes of the new American drama Skins, (based of off the award winning E4 show of the same name), PTC President Tim Winter had these painfully idiotic things to say:

“The episode included all manner of foul language, illegal drug use, illegal activity as well as thoroughly pervasive sexual content.”

He’s pissed off about this, and he’s not going to take it. Winter has sent a letter to the U.S. Senate and House Judiciary chairmen as well as the Department of Justice, because apparently, the fact that he didn’t like a TV show is serious business. I had no idea that his opinion was a matter of national importance. What a puffed up little twat. But it gets better!

“Many of the actors appearing in the show are below the age of 18. It is clear that Viacom has knowingly produced material that may well be in violation of [several] federal statutes.”

He’s accusing MTV and the producers of the American adaptation of Skins of making child pornography. Having watched the british version (which may be considered risque by American standards but in no way pornographic), I’m calling bullshit.

What troubles me most about this isn’t that he’s making a big stink about the content of the show – that’s nothing new. What troubles me is that he can’t seem to differentiate between acting and reality. Does this man go through life truly believing that what happens on TV is actually happening? Does he actually think the actors are really doing drugs on this show? Or that they’re actually having sex?

Does it freak him out when he sees Kurtwood Smith out walking around? Does he wander up to the man and go, “dude, I thought Robocop stabbed you in the neck, Mr. Boddicker.”

Does he get confused when actors play different characters? Does he just assume the world has an exceptional number of twins that get into film and television? Or is this why he’s against cloning – we should stop wasting the talent of wonderful actors like Leonardo DiCaprio in crap films like Titanic. Don’t they know we have to grow a whole new Leonardo every time the guy has an onscreen death? Titanic cost as much as it did because they had to grow five Leos in order to get the drama and emotion of freezing to death just right.

LeVar Burton thinks I’m badass, and he told me so.  As you can see, he clearly knows what he’s talking about. That is all.