Shield your eyes from these 'Porno' posters

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First, the MPAA tried to slap Zach and Miri Make a Porno with a NC-17 rating, but Kevin Smith appealed and talked them into an R. Then, the MPAA gunned down the movie’s original poster (which hinted at oral sex), and Smith fought back with a delightful stick-figure rendering and the headline, "Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks made a movie so titillating that we can only show you this drawing." Now, even the stick-figure ads are being rejected, this time due to the word "porno."

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