two dirty billboards
Two billboard controversies in the news. A strip club in upstate New York posted the famous flag-raising photographs from Iwo Jima and the World Trade Center on its roadsign, with text touting the club's offerings between the photos. The owner insists he just wanted to "honor those who served us," but local residents and politicians and eventually the New York Post criticized the combination. The owner quickly removed the club ad and left up the photographs.
In Los Angeles, Death Row Records is promoting a new release by Crooked I with a rooftop billboard showing the rapper sitting on the toilet with his pant's down, above the tagline "I'm the Shit!!!" Local residents and businesspeople have been urging Death Row to take down the sign, to no avail.
(LA Times registration required; link and photo snagged from Volokh Conspiracy.)
