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Understanding Obscenity and Censorship

This quiz explores the concept of obscenity, its legal implications, and notable cases related to censorship and freedom of expression.

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1 Also, "it appears the Porn Squad has been told that the best possibility of prosecution includes golden showers, scat ... and ________ along with other fringe fetishes...

2 Similarly, the level of offense (if any) generated by a ________ word or phrase depends on region, context, and audience.

3 FCC v. Pacifica (1978) (external link) better known as the landmark “________” case.

4 The word can be used in such uses as "obscene profits", "the obscenity of ________", etc.

5 are generally prohibited entry" to the United States by ________.

6 As such censorship restricts freedom of expression, crafting a legal definition of obscenity presents a ________ issue.

7 The First Amendment to the ________ states:

8 The 1999 ________ (Ala.

9 In 2000, Larry Peterman of ________ was charged with selling obscene material at his chain of video stores.

10 The ________ challenged the statute, which was overturned in 2002.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Fountain of the Great Lakes, with semi-nude figures, was not dedicated until after Chicago changed its obscenity laws for public art in 1913.
  • the upcoming British film Hippie Hippie Shake by Beeban Kidron, which follows the 1971 obscenity trial of the Australian editor Richard Neville of satirical magazine Oz, was in development hell for nearly ten years.
  • the Romanian Surrealist writer Geo Bogza, who adopted Socialist realism later in his life, was tried three times on charges of obscenity during the 1930s.
  • cartoonist Edward Barker and writer Mick Farren published Nasty Tales, the first comic book to face charges for obscenity in Great Britain.
  • MANual Enterprises v. Day 370 U.S. 478 (1962) was the first case in which the U.S. Supreme Court engaged in plenary review of a Post Office Department order holding obscene materials "nonmailable".
  • after the Japanese Supreme Court found Shibusawa Tatsuhiko guilty of obscenity for translating the works of the Marquis de Sade into Japanese, he was outraged by the triviality of his fine.
  • Norman Mailer claimed his 1968 experimental film Wild 90 "has the most repetitive, pervasive obscenity of any film ever made".
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