Thursday, February 17, 2011

"New Hollywood"

Professor Decker’s lecture today described the trend of decreased censorship and content regulation in Hollywood movies. Does this trend reflect a genuine shift in what American society deemed socially acceptable, perhaps brought about by becoming somewhat inured to the “shocking” as a result of all the various counter-culture movements? Or is it more the result of directors being given more artistic license or whatnot under the antitrust laws that broke up the vertically integrated system of studio production and distribution for the film industry?

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  1. Bryan PlatzFebruary 18, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    I think that the decreased censorship occurred due to the shift in power to the directors. This gave them more artistic freedom. But at the same time the the acceptance of the these more violent or sexual movies occurred due to a combination of cultural phenomenon. As the youth and more artistic part of society called for the grittier movies, later generations begin to lower their standards on what is inappropriate, as these gritter movies in a sense numbed the generation to these obscene aspects.

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