Censorship Flashcards
Sarah Kane
Wrote “Blasted” (uncensored and violent)
Censere
Latin: to judge without cultural value
Ekkyklema
Violence happens offstage so bodies are our in
ob Skene
Behind the backdrop or back stage
Most censored sites in US
High Schools
Most Popular play in US
Almost Maine
Morals
Held Personally
Ethics
Society and larger issues
Poetic Justice
Karma
A vision of the golden rump
Depicts Kind as an ass, Leads to theatrical licensing act of 1737
Theater Licensing act of 1737
Plays must be approved by the lord chamberlain in England
Theaters act 1968
Censorship of british stage now illegal
in affect for 250 years
Rachel Corrie
American Peace activist
Run over by tank in israel
Alan Rickman writes a play based on her that is censored by the jewish community in New York
Mae West
Wrote play “sex” about prostitute
is arrested and prosecuted for ‘obscenity and corrupting the morals of youth’
Lenny Bruce
Jewish-American Stand up comedian
Arrested 4 times for obscenity (once in LA for saying ‘Shmuck’