Across the entire entertainment industry, content is being reviewed to see if it passes a careful taste test in the light of last week's attack on the U.S.  We've previously reported on a number of such instances in the pop culture products industry (see 'DC Makes Adventures of Superman #596 Returnable,' and 'It Flew Right Past My Window').  Here are a few more:

 

DC Comics has announced that The Authority:  Widescreen has been 'indefinitely postponed' due to content concerns.

 

DC also announced that orders for its Goddess trade paperback, due in October, have been cancelled. 

 

Activision announced that Spider-Man 2 Enter:  Electro for PlayStation has been postponed, although it's still targeted as a holiday release.  The game is being reworked to excise buildings that look much like the WTC from the game. 

 

A couple of examples illustrate just how carefully entertainment and media companies are handling this issue.  For example, TV Land has replaced its planned military-themed  weekend (featuring F-Troop, Hogan's Heroes and others) with Leave It To Beaver.  We were forwarded a response to an inquiry, which said in part, 'We are trying to maintain TV Land as a safe haven for viewers looking to escape from the horrors of the news...In light of recent events, we will NOT be airing the Military themed Fandemonium weekend this week.  We will however, air a Leave it to Beaver Fandemonium in its place.'  It's also been reported that Clear Channel, a huge owner of radio stations across the country, has  distributed a list of banned songs that contain references that might be seen as too close to the events that happened, including titles ranging from Jerry Lee Lewis' Great Balls of Fire to John Lennon's Imagine. 

 

With the scale of the national trauma caused by the attacks on New York and Washington, it's appropriate that all concerned be aware of those things that could exacerbate the emotional wounds that exist.  And since the WTC was a frequently used symbol of New York and terrorists were a common foe in adventure entertainment, there are a lot of catalogue items that could be affected.  Looking forward, once the products in the pipe are excised, it is safe to say that those two topics will probably be off-limits except in carefully limited circumstances for the foreseeable future.