>Toscani, who is renowned for his provocative
>Benetton campaigns, which have shown death-row
>inmates, copulating horses and an Aids sufferer,
>said: “I’ve been looking into the problem of
>anorexia for years. Who’s responsible?
>Communication in general? Television? Fashion?”
Diamanda Galas used to burn those Aids ads onstage. I saw her do it once in Hollywood. I can't remember exactly what she said while she lit it up but "these fuckers" was in there somewhere. She talked about it again last month:
>{Galas] has no sentimental thoughts about the
>25-anniversary of AIDS. Her emotions are more
>tied to individuals she’s lost.....But an
>anniversary of the disease, itself? "It’s
>disgusting," Galàs replies. Her knuckles are
>tatooed with the words "we are all hiv+." She
>wraps them on the table and I jokingly tell her
>it’s very Kenneth Cole. "Can’t Kenneth Cole just
>concentrate on his clothing line?" she spits,
>"Why does he want to be like Benetton? I was
>burning Benetton ads on the stage in 1992." Of
>that retailers corpse campaign to sell clothing,
>Galàs continues, "I could not stand it. It hurt
>me and my parents so much. It was so painful.
>And when Kenneth Cole gets involved in shit like
>that, look, he’s rich enough. He doesn’t need to
>make himself look like a nice person. Why
>doesn’t he just give money to the organizations
>instead of giving people public lectures?"
http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=theatre&sc2=features&sc3=&id=5121&pf=1