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Humanities
Cegep/2
Word count
133 words
Reading time
1 minute
2025-05-02
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- Benefits:
- Representation of marginalized groups
- Benefits:
- The Hays Code
- Very conservative film censorship code created by film studios
- Ruled Hollywood for decades
- History:
- Pre-code:
- Immorality in films, especially sex and violence
- Great Depression: more sex and violence to bring back the audience
- Concerned Catholics create the Catholic legion of decency
- Will Hays appointed lead
- Wants to avoid federal censorship
- Relatively permissive
- 1930-1934: pre-Breen era
- 1930: creation, no enforcement
- 1934-1954: Breen era
- 1934: Joseph Breen appointed executive officer
- Ruthless
- 1934: enforcement
- Puritanical morality with some exceptions
- => filmmakers more creative and subtle
- 1934: Joseph Breen appointed executive officer
- Post-code:
- 1960: Psycho breaks the code
- Rise of independent films
- Pre-code:
Ajitani Hifumi