• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    15 hours ago

    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.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      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.