Censorship Article 1

21 Outubro 2015, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott

Presentation of first text on the definition of and application of censorship of "obscene" works as understood in United States law. Analysis of the famous Miller v California case (1973). Discussion of reaction by Gore Vidal in publishing Myron using names of Supreme Court judges instead of "bad" words. Explanation of the television evening watershed idea over "profanities". Explanation of the verb "to freak" and its adjectival applications in order to avoid using common "offensive vocabulary. All this will lead to a possible future work on linguistic censorship and its contradictions.