On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 10:21 PM, RARA-AVIS Digest
wrote:
> I wonder how the later variation on the same
idea,
> Natural Born Killers, fared.
That was on tv a couple of nights ago, so...
> From what I have read, there also seems to be an
element of elitism
> and/or racism.
>
I think it's an unconscious hangover of the way that the old
(film and book) censorship laws were used. Things considered
working-class or "popular" were banned in order to protect
the simple folk; things considered a minority interest
weren't, or were restricted so that you had to, for instance,
join a private club to see some movies. An expensive book
would be allowed (possibly in the edition printed in Paris) ;
a cheap paperback of the same work wouldn't.
Though my all-time favourite was the comment of the judge at
the Lady Chatterley's Lover trial: he asked the jury whether
they would allow their wives or servants to read such a book,
and thus probably did more than anybody else to ensure that
the book was finally published in the UK.
(When I first turned up over here, strippers were allowed to
perform, but once naked they couldn't move. Really. :-p
)
Marianne
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