Jack Black Dressed Up As Bowser And Had A Wardrobe Malfunction That Required Censoring
The Super Mario Bros. Movie releases in theaters next month, and as such, the animated film’s marketing machine is revving up. Jack Black, who plays Bowser in the film, appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show this week dressed in costume, and, well, his performance was overshadowed by the actor’s testicles and what NBC did to try to hide them from viewers.
As part of a stunt, Black ran out on stage in costume as Bowser, and during his entrance, his bean bags were flopping around enough inside his tight yellow onesie to prompt NBC to censor them. Really. This probably happened out of an abundance of caution on NBC’s part.
Presumably NBC could have been fined if Black’s coin purse was actually exposed to the audience. There is also the matter of how The Super Mario Bros. Movie is very much a family film, and showing Black’s privates, even the outline of them, is probably something best to be avoided. Here’s the video in all its glory(?).
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