Comments on: Mariah Carey meets Photoshopping Saudi censors http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 08:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: deckard68 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902152 deckard68 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902152 In the source article, I noticed that they not only gave her sleeves and pants, but they removed the "I 3> NY" from her shirt. [sarcasm] I wonder why. [/sarcasm] In the source article, I noticed that they not only gave her sleeves and pants, but they removed the “I 3> NY” from her shirt. [sarcasm] I wonder why. [/sarcasm]

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902159 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902159 If you think the Saudis are good with Photoshop you should see the American retouchers who digitally remove clothing from the models in Middle Eastern publications. If you think the Saudis are good with Photoshop you should see the American retouchers who digitally remove clothing from the models in Middle Eastern publications.

]]> By: Mister Eppy http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902160 Mister Eppy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902160 hmmm... If they have to 'shop a dude to make it more 'haram-licous', do you think they would use a rooster? hmmm… If they have to ‘shop a dude to make it more ‘haram-licous’, do you think they would use a rooster?

]]> By: qatarperegrine http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901906 qatarperegrine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901906 Hey, these are remarkably good. Usually they just take a Sharpie to haram shit. Hey, these are remarkably good. Usually they just take a Sharpie to haram shit.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901910 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901910 hahahahahah hahahahahah

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902166 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902166 I see what you did there. I see what you did there.

]]> By: Virion http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901911 Virion Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901911 Yeah, they're surprisingly well done. The splash one even looks good, though I don't know if it's any less censored… I like the touch on the I <3 NY one, that must be the head of some portfolio. Yeah, they’re surprisingly well done. The splash one even looks good, though I don’t know if it’s any less censored…

I like the touch on the I <3 NY one, that must be the head of some portfolio.

]]> By: eliterrell http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901917 eliterrell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901917 Jellabiya kitty is a jellabiya. Jellabiya kitty is a jellabiya.

]]> By: hassenpfeffer http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901919 hassenpfeffer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901919 Anyone with mad 'Shop skillz willing to paste Shocked Kitteh onto Blob Censorkitteh? 'Cause frankly I don't think Shocked Kitteh has yet outlived its memefulness. Anyone with mad ‘Shop skillz willing to paste Shocked Kitteh onto Blob Censorkitteh? ‘Cause frankly I don’t think Shocked Kitteh has yet outlived its memefulness.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902179 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902179 And thus, the censors have now indicated that Mariah Carey likes puss-y-cat in her face. And thus, the censors have now indicated that Mariah Carey likes puss-y-cat in her face.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901925 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901925 Thanks. So, I checked in with <a href="http://boingboing.net/shocked-cat/">Shocked Cat</a>, and as it turns out, he is in fact very much shocked. I've updated the post accordingly. Thanks. So, I checked in with Shocked Cat, and as it turns out, he is in fact very much shocked. I’ve updated the post accordingly.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901930 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901930 The Saudi censors don't like her "I <heart> NY" shirt? The Saudi censors don’t like her “I NY” shirt?

]]> By: ecobore http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902210 ecobore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902210 Ha, reminds of flying into Saudi. I had some CDs with naked shoulders and customs used a big black marker to cover up the shoulders (but on the outside of the jewel case!) so inside the picture was untouched!! Ha, reminds of flying into Saudi. I had some CDs with naked shoulders and customs used a big black marker to cover up the shoulders (but on the outside of the jewel case!) so inside the picture was untouched!!

]]> By: theawesomerobot http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902214 theawesomerobot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902214 They did an amazing photoshop job for a lot of those covers. American Magazines should start outsourcing their photoshop work to Saudi Arabia, apparently. They did an amazing photoshop job for a lot of those covers. American Magazines should start outsourcing their photoshop work to Saudi Arabia, apparently.

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901960 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901960 Hmmm. I always thought the slang for those things on her chest was "puppies". Hmmm. I always thought the slang for those things on her chest was “puppies”.

]]> By: jungletek http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902260 jungletek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902260 They way her eye looks 'wrong' as she's slowly consumed is truly terrifying. They way her eye looks ‘wrong’ as she’s slowly consumed is truly terrifying.

]]> By: jungletek http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902261 jungletek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902261 The, even. The, even.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902269 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902269 <strong>ONLY <em>YOU</em> CAN PREVENT GREY MEW</strong> REPORT ANY AND ALL NANOCAT SPILLS ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT GREY MEW

REPORT ANY AND ALL NANOCAT SPILLS

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902274 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902274 Funnily enough I had to go through Saudi customs a few years back when I went there for some video production work. Getting cameras, laptops and hard drives through customs was always going to be a challenge, and sure enough I was ushered backstage for a rigorous 45 minute search through all my tapes and files for anything remotely salacious. I spotted a pile of confiscated CDs - mostly hip-hop, rap and the like... but on top of the pile was a Mariah Carey album! Funnily enough I had to go through Saudi customs a few years back when I went there for some video production work. Getting cameras, laptops and hard drives through customs was always going to be a challenge, and sure enough I was ushered backstage for a rigorous 45 minute search through all my tapes and files for anything remotely salacious.

I spotted a pile of confiscated CDs – mostly hip-hop, rap and the like… but on top of the pile was a Mariah Carey album!

]]> By: kc0bbq http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902038 kc0bbq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902038 The cat picture has me making 'splortch' sounds in my head as I imagine it expanding out and absorbing her. Weird. The cat picture has me making ‘splortch’ sounds in my head as I imagine it expanding out and absorbing her.

Weird.

]]> By: hassenpfeffer http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902049 hassenpfeffer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902049 Thanks, Xeni! You made my Monday! Thanks, Xeni! You made my Monday!

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902606 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902606 Doesn't anyone think these were probably actually done by retouchers hired by her label in the US? Why are we assuming that they'd bother to do such a good job in Saudi Arabia when they can just put black bars over it? Also, the "I heart NY" one would look really weird if they added in more shirt but didn't remove the text - look again and try to imagine. It'd be quite difficult to move the I and the heart closer together realistically, so they just removed the text. Doesn’t anyone think these were probably actually done by retouchers hired by her label in the US? Why are we assuming that they’d bother to do such a good job in Saudi Arabia when they can just put black bars over it?

Also, the “I heart NY” one would look really weird if they added in more shirt but didn’t remove the text – look again and try to imagine. It’d be quite difficult to move the I and the heart closer together realistically, so they just removed the text.

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901848 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901848 Call me crazy, but I kind of like some of the Saudi ones better. Call me crazy, but I kind of like some of the Saudi ones better.

]]> By: cory http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901852 cory Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901852 While I abhor the urge to censor and pretend sexuality doesn't exist, most of these are well-done. The one with the cat made me laugh.. probably my favorite. While I abhor the urge to censor and pretend sexuality doesn’t exist, most of these are well-done. The one with the cat made me laugh.. probably my favorite.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901857 blueelm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901857 I like the one where it looks like a cat/starfish hybrid is digesting her. I like the one where it looks like a cat/starfish hybrid is digesting her.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902628 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902628 why'd they wonk out her left eye in the second update why’d they wonk out her left eye in the second update

]]> By: drewand1200 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-902374 drewand1200 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902374 Are you certain that those are not VaJayJay bubbles from a ninja... umm kitteh over running her face? Are you certain that those are not VaJayJay bubbles from a ninja… umm kitteh over running her face?

]]> By: sparklemotion http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901870 sparklemotion Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901870 I'm glad I'm not the only one who found the kitty picture terrifying. And I love kitties. I’m glad I’m not the only one who found the kitty picture terrifying.

And I love kitties.

]]> By: danwarning http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901872 danwarning Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901872 Holy cow, they did a pretty great job, considering how difficult that type of thing is! Holy cow, they did a pretty great job, considering how difficult that type of thing is!

]]> By: danwarning http://boingboing.net/2010/10/04/mariah-carey-meets-p.html#comment-901876 danwarning Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901876 And someone just changed the graphic included in this post! I wonder how to interpret THAT And someone just changed the graphic included in this post! I wonder how to interpret THAT

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