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What's shocking is cruelty and torture, and that's become our entertainment. Kids can play violent video games, but God forbid they look at a naked woman. That's pornography, that's perverse. No!

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David LaChapelle
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 11
Fashion Photographer
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