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[theweaselking]

The Hays Code: The original document for determining what would and would not be acceptable to show in a motion picture.

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[anivair.livejournal.com]

A code that worked very well for something like ten minutes.

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

Never worked.

There isn't a thing on that list the hadn't already been violated by the time of its inception, and those violations continued without a break.

[anivair.livejournal.com]

indeed. And thank goodness for that!

[leighdb.livejournal.com]

I love how childbirth is included in the list of "dirty things we shouldn't see". That still boggles my mind.

[ryusen.livejournal.com]

"6. Miscegenation (sex relationships between the white and black races) is forbidden."

Look who's comming to Dinner? one of the best movies i ever saw...

[toku666.livejournal.com]

They fuck in that? You must have seen an older print.

[ryusen.livejournal.com]

Well, the implication, since there were about to get married...

[toku666.livejournal.com]

I'm just messin' with ya. Good catch on that one, though. My horrible mind (obviously) always goes for the carnal, and I probably wouldn't have thought of "Guess Who's" in that light.

[ryusen.livejournal.com]

ah... yeah... i've been told i can be as sharp as a tack and a volley ball at the same time .p