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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
Yesterday, while the window installers were at work in my place, I couldn't do anything except hole up in a corner of the kitchen and read The New Yorker. I'm not by any means completely caught up, but I highly, highly recommend David Denby's artile in the May 2 issue about censorship and the movies. Denby advances the interesting and provocative thesis that while we generally hold censorship to be a Bad Thing, the code that went into effect in Hollywood in the early 1930s actually forced the movies to become more creative. I'll even quote him: "In effect, censorship created plot, and in the process yielded one of the greatest of American film genres: thirties romantic comedy, including the dizzier versions celebrated as screwball comedy."
Front-Ranger:
Yes, I read that article avidly! Although I miss some of the movies that stretched the boundaries more.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 10, 2016, 11:04:22 pm ---Yes, I read that article avidly! Although I miss some of the movies that stretched the boundaries more.
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They're probably available on YouTube, or somewhere.
Front-Ranger:
I don't know about that. I looked for Casablanca on YouTube recently; couldn't find it.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 11, 2016, 07:48:06 pm ---I don't know about that. I looked for Casablanca on YouTube recently; couldn't find it.
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I don't think I would have expected to find Casablanca on a platform like YouTube ... because it's Casablanca.
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