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A Georgia mayor has banned a local production of Rocky Horror Picture Show. A theatre company in Carrollton, Georgia was set to perform the show until a rehearsal video posted on Facebook revealed dance moves deemed risque. Shocked by the video, Mayor Wayne Garner decided to shut down the show, even though organisers planned to restrict the audience to adults.
Perhaps Mayor Garner would be happier with the censored Glee take on the film:
If you could put the former Soviet state of Georgia on the couch, it would look like it was suffering from a particularly acute case of paranoia. But is there method in the supposed madness of Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili’s obsession with Russian spies? (more…)
How should the Tblisi authorities respond to the police assaults on reporters covering anti-government protests at the end of May? Boyko Boev reports