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NC Feminist Duo Defaces<br />
'SuperVixens' Billboards<br />
CHARLOTTE. N.C.— Billboards promoting<br />
the Russ Meyer movie "SuperVixens"<br />
which show a bosomy woman have<br />
been defaced by a pair of anonymous feminists.<br />
Four of the 20 billboards around town<br />
were painted over with "This offends<br />
women" by two women who said the signs<br />
are "sexist" and depict women solely as<br />
sex objects.<br />
"We did it because we feel that those<br />
signs are blatantly sexist and exploiting<br />
women and offending women," said one of<br />
the women, who refused to identify herself.<br />
"People are going to make money off<br />
that movie, off those billboards. Ifs the<br />
height of making woman a sex object and<br />
we felt it can"t go unchallenged."<br />
The signs show a grinining. pigtailed<br />
\oung woman with a healthy portion of<br />
cleavage. The signs read "SuperVi.xens .<br />
too much for one movie."<br />
When the billboards appeared in Raleigh<br />
early this summer. Lamar Dean Outdoor<br />
Advertising Co. received such an outpouring<br />
of complaints from persons who were<br />
offended by the woman's picture, that they<br />
were removed almost immediately.<br />
The women defaced the Charlotte billboards<br />
by using spray paint. They said they<br />
used stepladders to reach the signs they<br />
could, but complained that many of them<br />
were out of reach.<br />
Painting over the signs was "a political<br />
act ... I wasn't reveling iin vandalism."<br />
said one of the women.<br />
Richard Troy, general manager of the<br />
company which put up the signs, said "It's<br />
the work of someone with complete disregard<br />
for property." He said the defaced<br />
signs would be replaced.<br />
CHARLOTTE<br />
John R. McClure and family, Charlotte<br />
Booking, are vacationing at JeckyI Island.<br />
Milt Lindner, National Screen, made<br />
a swing through the mountains of North<br />
Carolina, including Ashevillc, Wayncsvillc,<br />
Hcndersonville. Brevard, and Spartanburg,<br />
S.C.<br />
New films were "Nashville" at Charlottelown<br />
Mall; "Janis" at Visualite; "Rolicrball"<br />
at Park Terrace; and "Love and Death" at<br />
the Manor.<br />
Top grosses of the week: "Jaws." the<br />
leader, followed by "The Return of the Pink<br />
Panther." "The Apple Dumpling Gang," and<br />
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough."<br />
.4nslej' Mays, International Amusement<br />
Co., and her husband spent the weekend<br />
at Hilton Head Island, S.C. . . . Vacationing<br />
from 20th Century-Fox is Doris Ducker<br />
who is enjoying a trip to Colorado . . .<br />
Wedding bells will be ringing at the Charles<br />
Jones home on Lake Norman the last week<br />
in .'\ugust. Our best wishes to Louann and<br />
her fiance Rick High.<br />
Recent 20th Century-Fox screenings at<br />
EiLslem Federal screening room are "The<br />
Dragon Flies" and "Take a Hard Ride"<br />
. . . Exhibitors visiting on Filmrow included:<br />
Jack Fuller of Columbia, S.C; Harry<br />
Osteen of Easley. S.C; Rudy Howell, Howell<br />
Theatres, Inc.. of Smithfield; Phil Nance<br />
of Raleigh; and Bill Hendrix of Reidsville<br />
. . . Joe Johnson, Consolidated Theatres,<br />
underwent back surgery July 17. Best wishes<br />
for a speedy recovery, Joe.<br />
Sympathy is extended to Ronnie Goldstein<br />
of Eastern Federal Theatres on the recent<br />
death of his father.<br />
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