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Teen Reality or Kiddie Porn?
By Richard Amada on Jan 21, 2011 | In Cinema, TV, Radio
Many television shows go to cable TV for airings specifically because the cable stations don't have to adhere to the more strict rules of decency defined for the stations that broadcast over the public airwaves. But even cable has its limits. And one o… more »
You Can Rewrite Huck but Not Joe
By Richard Amada on Jan 13, 2011 | In Performing Arts, Literary
With the buzz over the censorship of a new edition of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn still going on (see previous post), now there's a new flap over what to do about the language in another literary creation. This time the issue centers not around a whit… more »
Cleansing the Finn Out of It
By Richard Amada on Jan 5, 2011 | In Literary
When Mark Twain wrote the novel, Huckleberry Finn, he wrote it as a first-person narrative told by the title character, and he used the character vernacular of an only slightly educated country boy. And, of course, only slightly educated country boys of… more »
