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Santa's Bad Boy Image
Aired December 05, 2003 - 05:57 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And this holiday season, you'll find what you might call politically incorrect Santas at the movies and on the streets of New York.
CNN's Jeanne Moos takes a look at Santa's bad boy image.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right.
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): 'Tis the season of glad tidings and...
(END VIDEO CLIP FROM "STEALING CHRISTMAS")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bad Santa, stealing Christmas.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MOOS: In this USA Network movie, Santa is a bank robber. It used to be Saint Nick's only fault was that he had a belly that shook like a bowl full of jelly. But in "Bad Santa," he's a career criminal.
(END VIDEO CLIP FROM "STEALING CHRISTMAS")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, what do you want? What are you doing?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MOOS: Who smokes, drinks, swears and has sex.
CHRIS CARMOUCHE, LAPTOPLOBBYIST.COM: She begs for him to keep his Santa hat on, kind of sick things like that.
MOOS: A conservative group called Laptoplobbyist.com sent an angry letter to Disney about that Santa. They probably wouldn't think much of Santa's wife, either.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And it's Mrs. Santa Claus.
MOOS: Harvey Fierstein cross-dressed as Mrs. Claus in Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Modern Santas show up with cell phones on their belts. Until now, Volunteers of America's sidewalk Santas in New York tended to be formerly homeless, ex-alcoholics.
(on camera): How about a ho-ho-ho for us? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My throat is killing me.
MOOS (voice-over): No more so-so ho-hos. Volunteers from Starbucks are replacing most of the formerly homeless Santas, for scheduling reasons. Though a few remain.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was diagnosed to be bipolar and because of that, I developed a drinking problem.
MOOS: But being bipolar doesn't prevent him from representing the North Pole.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not from around here.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Neither am I.
MOOS: Though the movie "Bad Santa" is obviously aimed at adults, critics complain kids see the trailer.
CARMOUCHE: How am I going to explain to them that kind of reference to venereal disease?
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "BAD SANTA")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But you see I got sick and all my hair fell out, so I have to wear this thing.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: How'd you get sick?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I loved a woman who wasn't clean.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Mrs. Santa?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, her sister.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MOOS: Even sidewalk Santas get propositioned.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, two women tried to take me home with them.
MOOS (on camera): And did Santa go?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, I couldn't. Mrs. Santa wasn't too far behind.
MOOS (voice-over): Not that Mrs. Santa. Remember, Father Christmas knows best.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't drink and drive, you might spill it.
MOOS (on camera): OK.
(voice-over): Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired December 5, 2003 - 05:57 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And this holiday season, you'll find what you might call politically incorrect Santas at the movies and on the streets of New York.
CNN's Jeanne Moos takes a look at Santa's bad boy image.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right.
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): 'Tis the season of glad tidings and...
(END VIDEO CLIP FROM "STEALING CHRISTMAS")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bad Santa, stealing Christmas.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MOOS: In this USA Network movie, Santa is a bank robber. It used to be Saint Nick's only fault was that he had a belly that shook like a bowl full of jelly. But in "Bad Santa," he's a career criminal.
(END VIDEO CLIP FROM "STEALING CHRISTMAS")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, what do you want? What are you doing?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MOOS: Who smokes, drinks, swears and has sex.
CHRIS CARMOUCHE, LAPTOPLOBBYIST.COM: She begs for him to keep his Santa hat on, kind of sick things like that.
MOOS: A conservative group called Laptoplobbyist.com sent an angry letter to Disney about that Santa. They probably wouldn't think much of Santa's wife, either.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And it's Mrs. Santa Claus.
MOOS: Harvey Fierstein cross-dressed as Mrs. Claus in Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Modern Santas show up with cell phones on their belts. Until now, Volunteers of America's sidewalk Santas in New York tended to be formerly homeless, ex-alcoholics.
(on camera): How about a ho-ho-ho for us? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My throat is killing me.
MOOS (voice-over): No more so-so ho-hos. Volunteers from Starbucks are replacing most of the formerly homeless Santas, for scheduling reasons. Though a few remain.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was diagnosed to be bipolar and because of that, I developed a drinking problem.
MOOS: But being bipolar doesn't prevent him from representing the North Pole.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not from around here.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Neither am I.
MOOS: Though the movie "Bad Santa" is obviously aimed at adults, critics complain kids see the trailer.
CARMOUCHE: How am I going to explain to them that kind of reference to venereal disease?
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "BAD SANTA")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But you see I got sick and all my hair fell out, so I have to wear this thing.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: How'd you get sick?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I loved a woman who wasn't clean.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Mrs. Santa?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, her sister.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MOOS: Even sidewalk Santas get propositioned.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, two women tried to take me home with them.
MOOS (on camera): And did Santa go?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, I couldn't. Mrs. Santa wasn't too far behind.
MOOS (voice-over): Not that Mrs. Santa. Remember, Father Christmas knows best.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't drink and drive, you might spill it.
MOOS (on camera): OK.
(voice-over): Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
