Sunday, 25 May 2014

Censorship Case Study: The Wild One

Problems:

  • Disrespect to figures of authority
  • Contempt
  • Brando was seen as imitable
  • Thought it reflected Teddy Boys at the time
BBFC's Response:
  • Called a 'spectacle of unbridled hooliganism'
  • Didn't issue a certificate
  • Columbia desperate for it to be shown
  • Related to subject as whole - thought it would be difficult to cut
  • Ban stuck until 1967
Then 'Rebel Without A Cause' passed as 'X' which then limited not just the audience (over 16) but also the cinemas that were prepared to show it - BBFC did't want children to witness 'ridiculous and ineffectual parents'

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