Dec 30 2008
Cracking the Code, Part 5
2. Correct standards of life, subject only to the requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented.
3. Law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation.
Within these parameters, the Code went on to be more specific to movie situations, leaving little room for ambiguity on what would “lower…moral standards.”
The dynamics of the Production Code in relation to the idea of free artistic expression can be viewed in numerous different ways. Does the Production Code unnecessarily limit the creative powers of the artisans involved in the process, or does it bring a sense of safety and trust to the relationship between filmmaker and viewer?
