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My Books
Outlaw Territory
(with Melike Acar)
24Seven Vol. 2
(with Walter Pax & Jack Kaminski)
24Seven
(with Ben Templesmith)
Complete story - "The Workman"
(courtesy of New York Magazine)
“Complete nudity is never permitted”
The Motion Picture Production Code (aka, the Hays Code), which governed film content from 1930 to 1968, in its entirety.
Interesting reading.
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December 10th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
“You guys are Nazis, man! You guys are freakin’ Nazis!”
Can you imagine Scorsese working under the Hays Code? David Lynch? Michael freakin’ Bay?
December 10th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
The most interesting parts, to me, were the weird clauses toward the end of the list — the sections dealing with things like the depiction of clergy and respect for the American flag.
I mean, you’d expect plenty of stuff about sex and violence, and of course the “no crime without punishment” clause is pretty infamous, but a ban on religious-themed comedy? Or on depictions of “women selling their virtue”? How did all those drunken Irish priests and hookers with hearts of gold get by? (I guess in the case of the latter they used euphemisms like “call girl” or “private dancer” to get around it. But still.)
December 10th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Also, it’s entertainingly (and maddeningly) nebulous.
“The use of firearms should be restricted to the essentials.”
What does that even mean?