Defying the Censors: Difference between revisions

 

When the work in question is worth the effort, especially if it is hailed as an artistic masterpiece, or the larger society has changed enough in its values to agree with the artist, then this can be a [[Moment of Awesome]] as taboos are shattered and freedom of expression has a victory. Of course it can also backfire and get the author in a lot of trouble.

 

* The producers of the classic films, ''[[The Pawnbroker]]'' and ''[[Whos 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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