Jennifer Aniston - Courtney Cox Kiss on Dirt

How Lame was It?

If you haven't turned on the TV in the past few weeks, you might've missed a heavily promoted kissing scene between former Friends' stars Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox planned for the season finale of Dirt. The big mystery of it all was whether or not the kissing scene would amount to a peck or passion?

So, after watching the finale this past week, I didn't realize I cared to see Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox kiss until I saw how lame the kiss actually was.

Over on the website TMZ many of the posters are praising the kiss for being "tasteful". Some even express their shock that anyone would even approve of them kissing in the first place; wondering why they would "need to" or using religion as reason they shouldn't kiss. And some believing a kiss between two women is not appropriate for their children to watch.

The religious side of it is to be expected. After all, there doesn't seem to be anything that gets religious people talking more than homosexuality. But honestly, I have never fully understood the notion of judging actors for anything but their ability to act. And frankly, I don't understand why a religious person would even care whether or not a stranger is homosexual or pretending to be homosexual anyways. I think sex before marriage is a sin, but God gave people free will for a reason. If they want to do something I have decided for myself is a sin, that is their business as long as it is not affecting me personally. Standing on a street corner holding a sign telling them they are going to Hell doesn't change anything.

But this isn't about homosexuality, religion, or censorship. It is about a make-believe kiss.

Believability is the point. Not necessarily tastefulness. And while I wonder what exactly is a tasteful kiss, I don't see any reason why we cannot both have our ways.

For those who missed the actual kiss, it was wooden and emotionless. It was essentially the mechanical process of a contact between lips that appeared frozen in time for the three seconds or so it lasted.