Facts are for pantywaists

Suddenly, it was no longer OK for studios to force their female leads to take diet pills or copulate with rams. And talk about hypocrisy! In 1952, the Supreme Court made another "ruling". This time, it was that movies were protected by the First Amendment! That's right, just four years after they criminalised Hollywood's free market, they upheld Hollywood's free speech! Which is it, Supreme Court? Are "free" things good or bad?

A word on censorship

The creative class says it's unconstitutional, but I advocate censorship. It's my First Amendment right to do so. They want you to believe censorship hinders creativity. Hogwash. Just the opposite! Take foul language. It's easy for a lazy screenwriter to put the words "fuck you, cocksucker" into a character's mouth, but the artist who translates that phrase for an airing on prime-time television or a transcontinental flight is forced to come up with the much more interesting "flip you, cod bucket!" I ask you, which is more "creative"?

There is another dark side to Hollywood.

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