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2 Live Crew: 2nd opinion

To: Pollen victims
19:01:02 Fri, Jul 20, 1990


From the Daily News, under the Headline, "2 Live Crew: Dirty & Dull" by Jim Farber. "Oddly, though, the section of the show that had the greatest potential for creepiness wound up defusing things. At one point, the crowd, which in the slam- dancing tradition of a Fishbone audience, had been passing various members over its head for the whole evening, sent three willing females up to the stage. The women happily engaged in a round of simulated sex acts with the three rappers.

Still, the attitude of the women was so wry, playful and self-determined, it was impossible to see them merely as objects. As well, the Crew members seemed less threatening when faced with actual women. Given realistic bounds, they carried on with more decorum than you might find at many frat parties......."

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Also from Daily News, the 'People Page', "Luther turns out to be quite a pleasant fellow. Why, he only used one bad word - one that begins with "s" - during our talk. We asked about the controversy surrounding the group.

'Oh, you mean lipsyncing?' Luther said. 'We don't lip-sync. There's no lip- syncing in our shows'" Sense of humor, good sign, generally in short supply in this right wing world of war.