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Is the DVD censored?

posted 13 years ago by corsi71inc
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OK, so I am older now then when I first saw Streets of Fire. In fact, I was 13 when it came to the theaters in 1984. I loved it! Of course, now, my opinion has changed...slightly... but it is still a nostalgic thrill. It had been at least 10 years since I've seen it last when I put it on my Nexflix queue. It arrived a few days ago and I watched it last night.

Here's the thing. SoF has always held a place in my heart as being part of the Holy Trilogy: movies rated PG that showed breasts. Is that immature and puerile? Yes. Did I mention that I was 13 when I saw it?
Anyway, SoF rounded out the list that included Sixteen Candles and The Beastmaster (ah, Tanya Roberts...) for showing me boobs in a movie I didn't have to sneak into. That is not the reason I still remember this movie fondly, or at least not the only one.

So I was watching it last night and it got to the One Bad Stud song, sung by the Blasters with the lovely Marine Jahan dancing on the bar. She flashes the crowd once or twice, and there is a moment she reaches up under her shirt and you see a flash of nipple...
...but I could have sworn that there was a full on reveal before the song was over of her pulling her shirt completely off.
Am I remembering this incorrectly? Did this only happen in my adolescent dreams? Or did whoever released this movie on DVD get all antsy-in-the-pantsy over flashing some tit in a PG movie (something that you will surely never see again)? Am I going to have to go to Amazon and buy a 3 cent copy on VHS just to walk down memory lane?

This is not exactly on par with tampering with the Zapruder Film, but it would be depressing to know that some uptight twerp made them edit out a boob shot for the sake of... Hell, I don't know what purpose it'd serve, except to annoy people like me.

Did anyone else notice this, or am I remembering incorrectly?

1. Being moody.
2. Being bad at maths.
3. Being sad.

[–] sisterdebmac 13 years ago

I hate to say it, but I think you're remembering it incorrectly. I've seen the movie like a hundred times, several of them in the theater since they used to show it at the midnight movies. And I don't recall the dancer ever taking her shirt all the way off. I really am sorry to crush your dreams.
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[–] corsi71inc 13 years ago

Thank you for dashing the dreams of a thirteen year old boy to the rocks, sister. I shall be fine, but the little lad (who had to wait another 3 years before he say any real boobs, I'll have you know) is weeping in a corner.

Thanks for the input.

Now, where did I put my copy of Beastmaster?

1. Being moody.
2. Being bad at maths.
3. Being sad.

[–] sisterdebmac 13 years ago

Ha! I totally understand and sympathize. I'm glad you're going to be OK.
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[–] mojo2004 13 years ago

I hate to say it, but I think you're remembering it incorrectly. I've seen the movie like a hundred times, several of them in the theater since they used to show it at the midnight movies. And I don't recall the dancer ever taking her shirt all the way off. I really am sorry to crush your dreams.

Yes, Marine Jahan( the girl dancing on the bar) did take her top off. See link below.

'Streets of Fire' bar dance scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02uPCz1ECXs

In the scene the she dances to 2 songs. "One bad Stud' plays first. During the 2nd song ('Blue Shadow'), she raises her top and shows part of her breasts, just stopping short of her exposing her nipples. (that's probably what corsi71inc is remembering) Then during the same song she goes down on her knees leans back and pulls her top off (there's a cutaway when she pulls it all the way up) and throws it into the crowd dancing in the place.When the camera cuts back you see her now standing & without the top but you only see her from the back. She's wearing a sheer black body stocking & a black thong. I guess that was so she wouldn't be completely nude.

Just for the record, I'm not a Dude, I'm a Dudette!

[–] sisterdebmac 13 years ago

I'm actually glad to be wrong on that one, for you boys. Did they ever show her full-on topless from the front though? Maybe that's why I didn't remember it. Heh.
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[–] mojo2004 13 years ago

Um .....Just for the record, I'm not a Dude, I'm a Dudette! (lol)

No they didn't.

Just for the record, I'm not a Dude, I'm a Dudette!

[–] sisterdebmac 13 years ago

Sorry about that. I tend to not read sig lines when in haste.
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[–] rmanlius 12 years ago

If it was a dream--I had the same dream! Coincidence?