stackyFACTSYou'd think a movie about a friendly alien eating candy was safe. But Sweden, Finland, and Norway slapped it with adult ratings, arguing that the movie portrayed all adults as menacing enemies of children, which apparently violated their strict standards for youth viewing.
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British censorship laws are wonderfully specific. It is entirely illegal to distribute fictional entertainment media showing genuine, unsimulated footage of a…
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Blankets on television possess an incredible level of sentience when it comes to preserving network broadcasting standards. Following an intimate scene, an…
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During the mid-twentieth century, strict decency codes dictated what could be shown on screen. Wardrobe departments had to go to extreme lengths, creating…
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Seeing domestic plumbing in action was considered utterly scandalous. For decades, Hollywood morality guidelines strictly forbade showing a toilet being…
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Network television was so puritanical in the 1950s that acknowledging basic human biology was considered deeply scandalous. The producers had to wage an…
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