Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
raising the specter of sex
English answer:
evoke or call forth as if by magic
Added to glossary by
Kim Metzger
Jul 24, 2004 14:52
19 yrs ago
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English term
Canada
Conference interpreter, MBA, ATIO, ATA
Native in: Chinese 
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese, Russian to Chinese, and 8 more.
raising the specter of Sex and the City without the sex
English
Social Sciences
Journalism
news
Context:
The proposals include increasing tenfold the penalty for broadcasters who are seen to have gone too far, a three-strikes rule to revoke the licenses of serial offenders, and a warning on programming content after each advertising break.
Now the threat has even been extended to the hitherto unregulated cable industry, including the likes of HBO, raising the specter of Sex and the City without the sex.
Broadcasters have moved quickly to remove anything that could cause offence, sometimes to ridiculous extremes.
Question:
Does it mean putting people on alert of Sex and the public awareness of the need to build a city without the sex?
How to better paraphrase this sentence?
The proposals include increasing tenfold the penalty for broadcasters who are seen to have gone too far, a three-strikes rule to revoke the licenses of serial offenders, and a warning on programming content after each advertising break.
Now the threat has even been extended to the hitherto unregulated cable industry, including the likes of HBO, raising the specter of Sex and the City without the sex.
Broadcasters have moved quickly to remove anything that could cause offence, sometimes to ridiculous extremes.
Question:
Does it mean putting people on alert of Sex and the public awareness of the need to build a city without the sex?
How to better paraphrase this sentence?
Responses
+6
10 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
&
English
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
Selected
explanation
"Sex and the City" is an American TV series on HBO (cable channel). http://www.tvtome.com/SexandtheCity/
Raising the specter of something is evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"
The idea in the paragraph is that if the proposals to increase the penalty for broadcasters who are seen to have gone too far (reevoking the licenses, etc) are enforced, there will no longer be any sex in the TV program Sex and the City.
Raising the specter of something is evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"
The idea in the paragraph is that if the proposals to increase the penalty for broadcasters who are seen to have gone too far (reevoking the licenses, etc) are enforced, there will no longer be any sex in the TV program Sex and the City.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you both, but Kim's answer is more straightforward."
+3
4 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
Works in field
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
giving raise to the perturbing idea of Sex and the City (TV Program) without the xes
It refers to new regulations in the process of being enforced against any showing of sex or nudity on public broadcast including HBO. Sex and the City is a TV program on HBO, which, if the current trend continues, will have to be shown "sexless", in spite of its title.
Mike :)
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-07-24 14:58:28 GMT)
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These new regulations started going into effect after the halftime show at the Super Bowl (big American \"football\" championship) when Janet Jackson (a singer) exposed a breast.
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-07-24 15:01:07 GMT)
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As a result, the FCC, or Federal Communications Commission, is policing the television networks to make sure that no nudity of any type is seen.
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-07-24 15:01:53 GMT)
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without \"sex\" is what I should have written
Mike :)
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-07-24 14:58:28 GMT)
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These new regulations started going into effect after the halftime show at the Super Bowl (big American \"football\" championship) when Janet Jackson (a singer) exposed a breast.
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-07-24 15:01:07 GMT)
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As a result, the FCC, or Federal Communications Commission, is policing the television networks to make sure that no nudity of any type is seen.
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-07-24 15:01:53 GMT)
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without \"sex\" is what I should have written
Peer comment(s):
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Thank you, Vicky - Mike :)
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Richard Benham
: Sey!
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Thank you, Richard - Mike :)
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sarahl (X)
: interesting typo... :) another typo! now this is becoming Freudian lol!
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Whoops! Rather coincidental, huh? Thank - Mike :)
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