Monday, October 14, 2002

Olsen Twins Gone Wild!

Written by Thaddeus McClean III

Icons of the kid and teen video scene for most of their lives now, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have released the next in their series of straight to video movies for their lifelong fanbase. With the twins reaching the age of 16 this year, this life parelleling movie making process seems to have taken a downturn.

The latest release, "Mary-Kate & Ashley - Cherry Pop", from the twins chronicles their weekend in Las Vegas alone on their 16th birthday after being separated from their parents while transferring flights at the airport. With their parents on a plane to Hawaii and unable to return until the following day, the twins end up spending the night on the famous Las Vegas strip where they meet twin farm boys from Oklahoma who return to their hotel suite with them.

The video details the girls' thoughts and emotions as they debate whether or not to "give it up" to the two handsome farm boys. Because they're sisters, the girls know that they can get through anything together, and decide to "go for it". In a scene that is officially described as "tasteful" and "more emotional than sexual", the twins lose their virginity simultaneously in the hotel hot tub next to a window with a 50th story view of the lights of Sin City.

Numerous social groups, religious leaders and media personalities have already decreed the movie as "pornographic", "disgusting", "unnecessary", and "a Howard Stern wet dream". Miraflix Pictures, the video's distributor, has already announced that it will not release it in the Southern and South Eastern United States due to threatened boycotts of all Miraflix products by several religious organizations.

The twins' parents released a statement Tuesday stating, "Like many parents, we were worried that our girls would take that step in their lives in a dangerous or unsafe situation. We felt better knowing that it would be in a safe, controlled environment where they were being professionally monitored and guided through this growing experience. Our little girls are women now".

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was reportedly on the list of those to receive one of the first copies of the movie this week. According to his staff and family, he has not left his private New York office for the last three days.

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