The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThomas, no!imagemessage-square119linkfedilinkarrow-up1579arrow-down123
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minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agothe hays code didn’t apply to colloquial speech, it applied to movies.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoThe Hayes Code didn’t apply to books at all, it was movie specific. I assumed they were talking about the dominant culture at the time.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoit just cracks me up because if you look for Hays violating shit, it’s everywhere back then. If they wanted to sing about sex, they sang about food.
the hays code didn’t apply to colloquial speech, it applied to movies.
The Hayes Code didn’t apply to books at all, it was movie specific. I assumed they were talking about the dominant culture at the time.
it just cracks me up because if you look for Hays violating shit, it’s everywhere back then. If they wanted to sing about sex, they sang about food.