Dec 27 2008
Cracking the Code, Part 2
In addition to the discrepancies in the personal lives of film’s new celebrities, issues arose within the products themselves. The debate about whether or not to portray sexual scenes in American film became a “lightning-rod issue,” along with spirited arguments about how much—if any—language to allow in movies. How much of criminal life and underground activities should be permitted in the name of drama and entertainment?
No such rules had been necessary previous, because the public had only recently begun to grapple with the concept of moving pictures. Now, in the face of inner and outer conflict, the film gurus determined that boundaries needed establishment.
