The materials that a community de ems suitable or unsuitable for consumption by its citizens is an inter esting and ever- evolving conversation. As we ca n see in our own media landscape, there a re some films and TV shows that were once considered risque or even corrupting that today we consider harmless, perhaps even laughably so. Likew ise, there are things in the past that today simply seem unconscionable, be it bec aus e of the language used, stereotypes propagate d or s omething else. Throughout history artists have considered it their duty to push at the outer edges of aste and court confrontat ion as a result, but others have fallen unwittingly into social debates. Digg ing through the records we wanted to give you the stories behind some of the most eye-catch ing and peculiar examples of censorship from around the world.
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