Acting & Cinema
What You Were Not Allowed to See
A seal issued before the cameras turned, a letter nobody trademarked, seventy-two videos, and a flag on a jacket
Joseph Breen · Jack Valenti · the DPP's list · the Top Gun jacket · 4 chapters · 15 min read
A seal issued before the cameras turned, a letter nobody trademarked, a list of video nasties, and a flag on a jacket.
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Censorship
- 01Cut Before It Was ShotOn a censor who worked on paper, and a seal that depended on who owned the cinemas.
- 02A Letter Nobody OwnedOn four letters, one of which nobody owned, and a rating with no law behind it.
- 03Seventy-Two VideosOn a panic about a machine, and the law it left behind.
- 04The Cut That TravelsOn censorship nobody requested, and the version everybody watched.