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Censorship And The Permissive Society: British Cinema and Theatre, 1955-1965
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Stage or film presentations of Look Back in Anger, A Taste of Honey, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Alfie, and Darling were much changed, even transformed, by censorship between 1955-1965. Indeed, censorship altered the progression of the artistic and creative renaissance of the period, and John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney, Alan Sillitoe, Tony Richardson, Lindsay Anderson, and John Schlesinger are just a few of the people who were forced to change their work.Censorship and the Permissive Society explores the predicament writers and directors faced, and highlights the debate over the liberalizing or progressive aspects of the sea changes affecting British society at the time.
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press, U.S.A., Illustrated edition (28 Nov. 1991) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 180 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0198183526 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0198183525 |
| Dimensions | 21.6 x 14 x 1.05 cm |
by Wingate
Fascinating book which has been able to use research from numerous sources.It is funny to realise just what a hard time many classic films had when trying to get through the censors.Some films were based on plays so the film makers would use whatever latitude had been granted by the Lord Chamberlain to extend the permitted boundaries with the BBFC.
There is a truly hilarious comment on page 92 where the censor ponders whether the average man would use the word “bigger” in front of his wife.
There is a great deal of agonising over whether words and themes are suitable for the average man.The censors clearly consider themselves arbiters of public taste.
This might have been the case in 1955,but by 1968 they were all but swept away by a permissive tide which would then come under attack by the dreadful Mary Whitehouse and her acolytes.
A recounting of a fascinating period.
by Zeyad
Amazing book! Very useful for my Master degree. Well done to the seller!