Entertainment admin on 07 May 2006 02:53 pm
PETA Urges King Kong Boycott
(FiniteTimes.com) – Chanting “Don’t be a wimp, avoid seeing the digital chimp,” members of the animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) gathered outside theaters in several large U.S. cities this past weekend to urge a boycott of the movie King Kong.
“Peter Jackson is a monster!” yelled one demonstrator outside a Chicago theater on opening night. Identifying himself only as DogAngel 1, the protestor, drenched in fresh pig’s blood, hurled monkey pelts at theater-goers and screamed “Computerized apes are people too! Computerized apes are people too!”
A spokesman for Peter Jackson expressed support for the demonstrators but emphasized that “… no digital apes were injured during the filming of this movie. None. We took great care.”
These were the largest virtual animal PETA protests since 2001’s Jurassic Park III premier.
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