{"id":1695,"date":"2004-09-19T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2004-09-19T20:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2022-10-09T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T18:24:18","slug":"where-the-hell-is-my-hate-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=1695","title":{"rendered":"Where Is My Hate Mail?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am laughing OUT LOUD reading this post from Steve Silver<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Here’s the background: Steve picked up on my sadness that Romantic Depot had come to town.<\/a><\/p>\n

So Steve posted about it and he got hate mail from the manager of the store<\/i>. An email rank with horrible spelling and grammar. <\/p>\n

I want hate mail! Dammit! (I am gonna be sorry I posted this.)<\/p>\n

Oh, and here’s a small adendum to my original post (for those of you who have no idea what I am talking about: My favorite video store was taken over by “romantic comedy” succubae and I was bummed about it):<\/p>\n

I have since learned that Romantic Depot is actually a chain. And their deal is “movies for couples” – which is a euphemism for soft-core porn, apparently. Does that mean … er … every Red Shoe Diaries ever made, or…? Emmanuelle 1, 2, 3, 4, and the horrific 5? I can’t rent Vertigo<\/i> there, but I can rent Bush Pilots 3<\/i>?<\/p>\n

I walked by there today and saw a huge sign in the window: COUPLES WELCOME! And member how I described their new design, with the rug and the fish tank? All that is now gone – I peeked in, and I saw shelves and shelves filled with sex toys. Romantic Depot’s thing is carrying a huge selection of porn in the back, stocking up on the naughty lingerie and lube, and then saying to unwitting new customers, “We focus on romantic comedies.”<\/p>\n

Now, weirdly enough, I lived in Hoboken long enough to remember what was in that spot beFORE my favorite video store Take 3, and it was a … “novelty” store. Don’t know what to call it. The kind of stores that line West 4th in the Village. Porn videos, sex toys, and lube. It was ALWAYS empty (the one in Hoboken, I mean. The ones on West 4th are always packed. Or … er … so I’ve heard.)<\/p>\n

So now I know what Romantic Depot is really about.<\/p>\n

They were selling off True Grit<\/i> and Double Indemnity<\/i> as quickly as they could to make way for the butt plugs.<\/p>\n

And basically, I’m pissed that I didn’t get any hate mail.<\/p>\n

One last note<\/i>: I have nothing against porn. NOTHING. It’s just that I miss my old video store, and my movie-geek clerks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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