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== In-Universe Examples == |
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== [[Real Life]] Examples == |
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=== Anime and Manga === |
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⚫ | * Similarly to ''Darkness'', the animated version of ''[[Dororon Enma-kun]]'' was recently{{when}} pushed for by [[Go Nagai]] specifically in response to the new draconian anti-Anime laws in Tokyo. [[Go Nagai]] being, of course, the "Father of Ecchi," his legendary fighting back against Japan's [[Comics Code]] having created the entire [[Ecchi]] genre in Japanese manga and anime. The animated version retains the original's high fetish and nudity content, and swaps out the main male lead for a female version just so they can add additional fanservice. |
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=== Comic Books === |
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⚫ | * [[Stan Lee]] when he defied the [[Comics Code]] and published his famous ''[[Spider-Man]]'' anti-drug story without the approval seal and undermined the code's credibility (the code forbade ''any and all'' depictions of drugs). This in spite of the fact that the comic was requested by the ''United States government'' as an anti-drug issue. |
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⚫ | * [[Exploited Trope]] for Marv Wolfman and George Perez in ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]''' "Terror of Trigon". The [[Comics Code]] did not approve of their on-panel scene of Dick and Kory sharing a bed, but losing the approval meant they could get away with a lot more horror elements than they normally would. |
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=== Film === |
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* The producers of the classic films, ''[[The Pawnbroker]]'' and ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' when they successfully appealed to the [[Hays Code]] board of governors and made them bend to the inclusion of artistically necessary nudity and harsh language respectively, with the excuse of them being "special exceptions" |
* The producers of the classic films, ''[[The Pawnbroker]]'' and ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' when they successfully appealed to the [[Hays Code]] board of governors and made them bend to the inclusion of artistically necessary nudity and harsh language respectively, with the excuse of them being "special exceptions" |
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* [[MGM]] when it outright defied the [[Hays Code]] and released ''[[Blowup]]'' despite their attempts to stop it to great critical and box office success. |
* [[MGM]] when it outright defied the [[Hays Code]] and released ''[[Blowup]]'' despite their attempts to stop it to great critical and box office success. |
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⚫ | * [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Psycho]]'':From imdb: There is a rumor that the this film was not passed for release because it was claimed that Janet Leigh's nipple was visible during the shower scene. The nipple wasn't in the film at all, but the cinematography and score are so well performed here, it caused the release board originally to think that there was a nipple visible and send the film back for re-editing. The production team went through the shower sequence cut by cut to illustrate that there was not. Alfred Hitchcock made no changes (none were needed), but merely sent it back, assuming that they either wouldn't bother to watch it, or would realize their mistake. |
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⚫ | * [[Stan Lee]] when he defied the [[Comics Code]] and published his famous ''[[Spider-Man]]'' anti-drug story without the approval seal and undermined the code's credibility (the code forbade ''any and all'' depictions of drugs). This in spite of the fact that the comic was |
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⚫ | * [[Otto Preminger]] famously in 1953 released ''[[The Moon Is Blue]]'' without [[Hays Code]] approval, and had to do the same with ''[[The Man With The Golden Arm]]''. Preminger had to pressure the censors to pass ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'', whose dialogue on the subject of rape was fairly explicit for its time. |
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=== Literature === |
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⚫ | {{quote|''I checked with an editor, and he said I could say "breast" as long as I used it scientifically, rather than to arouse prurient interest. For example, I could say "breast" as long as I used it scientifically, rather than to arouse prurient interest. For example, I could say "two breasts plus two breasts equals four breasts," but I could not say: "Hey, get a load of that breast."}} |
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=== Live-Action TV === |
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** Allegedly, this was actually because Morrison was extremely nervous and forgot to change the lyric, not because of any rebellious intent. |
** Allegedly, this was actually because Morrison was extremely nervous and forgot to change the lyric, not because of any rebellious intent. |
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* One of the first times (if not [[Ur Example|the first]]) the word "ass" was used on US TV was by [[Jimmy Stewart]], in a poem he read on ''[[The Tonight Show]]''. |
* One of the first times (if not [[Ur Example|the first]]) the word "ass" was used on US TV was by [[Jimmy Stewart]], in a poem he read on ''[[The Tonight Show]]''. |
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{{quote|Lake Barengo is a body of water whose surface is smooth as glass |
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Producer: Before you say "that's not allowed" let me tell you who said it. Jimmy Stewart. |
Producer: Before you say "that's not allowed" let me tell you who said it. Jimmy Stewart. |
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Censor: Oh, ''Jimmy Stewart'' said it? [[Sincerity Mode|That's OK then.]] }} |
Censor: Oh, ''Jimmy Stewart'' said it? [[Sincerity Mode|That's OK then.]] }} |
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=== Newspaper Comics === |
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⚫ | * [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Psycho]]'':From imdb: There is a rumor that the this film was not passed for release because it was claimed that Janet Leigh's nipple was visible during the shower scene. The nipple wasn't in the film at all, but the cinematography and score are so well performed here, it caused the release board originally to think that there was a nipple visible and send the film back for re-editing. The production team went through the shower sequence cut by cut to illustrate that there was not. Alfred Hitchcock made no changes (none were needed), but merely sent it back, assuming that they either wouldn't bother to watch it, or would realize their mistake. |
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⚫ | * [[Otto Preminger]] famously in 1953 released ''[[The Moon Is Blue]]'' without [[Hays Code]] approval, and had to do the same with ''[[The Man With The Golden Arm]]''. Preminger had to pressure the censors to pass ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'', whose dialogue on the subject of rape was fairly explicit for its time. |
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⚫ | * [[Exploited Trope]] for Marv Wolfman and George Perez in ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]''' "Terror of Trigon". The [[Comics Code]] did not approve of their on-panel scene of Dick and Kory sharing a bed, but losing the approval meant they could get away with a lot more horror elements than they normally would. |
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⚫ | {{quote|''I checked with an editor, and he said I could say "breast" as long as I used it scientifically, rather than to arouse prurient interest. For example, I could say "breast" as long as I used it scientifically, rather than to arouse prurient interest. For example, I could say "two breasts plus two breasts equals four breasts," but I could not say: "Hey, get a load of that breast."}} |
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