| 单词 | obscenity |
| 例句 | They yelled obscenities, pinched and groped the women, and used canes to knock off the women’s hats. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She spit every obscenity she’d ever heard through her teeth, but it wasn’t enough. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z So while Pollard lay on the ground, his cries distilling down to long strings of barked obscenities, the panicked stable hands heaved the gear out of the runabout. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was up even before Sunflower, throwing handfuls of dirt and screaming obscenities at the pony. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe bit his lip and wrote a few more obscenities in the dirt. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If they made a move toward the fence, the guards would yell obscenities and threaten retribution. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Muttering obscenities, he tries to dab off the white spots. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “How dare you scream obscenities at me. Someone grab that boy,” Ignatius said wildly as George disappeared into the crowds of pedestrians farther down the street. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She flung the obscenity like a challenge into the outraged silence; then, suddenly breaking away from him, ashamed, ashamed, covered her face with her hands, sobbing. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She envisioned several arrangements that would combine grace and obscenity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The cake was the single obscenity in an atmosphere of rigorous decorum. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They scream other obscenities at him, but he is too stunned to hear them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Grabbing a beer can and screaming obscenities at the top of his lungs, Joe charged after Sunflower. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Follow me. And please gag him, if you don’t mind. We wouldn't want him yelling obscenities the whole time, would we?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Over the din, we heard men laughing, yelling obscenities. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "Leave Lord Varys to me, sweet lady. If you wiU permit me a small obscenity—and where better for it than here—I hold the man's balls in the palm of my hand." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But they were immediately rearrested, this time charged with obscenity involving the articles published about Luther Challis in the same issue. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But when Hall raised Woodall on the radio, the impenitent South African-expedition leader responded with a barrage of obscenities and insults. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Dear Muslim brothers, There is a school, the Khushal School... which is a centre of vulgarity and obscenity. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Please confine yourself to discussing issues and such; thereby you will at least avoid obscenity and offense. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some-one in the gym fell against the wall and shouted an obscenity. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z X-Ray yelled an obscenity out his window, then lurched out of the parking lot and into traffic. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He was a bad painter and a vicious gossip, with a vocabulary composed almost entirely of obscenities, guttural verbs, and the word “postmodernist.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He shouted obscenities at the scared boy, and ordered him to close the door and to pay attention to his business or he’d have business on his hands he wouldn’t want to pay attention to. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya spat out an obscenity that would have gotten her a scolding if Mama had heard it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Later he went to prison on an obscenity conviction for publishing a magazine called Eros. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The inmates whose cells surrounded the courtyard were shouting obscenities at us through their windows. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A young, slickhaired man screamed loud obscenities to an older woman on the sidewalk. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Shouts and obscenities poured out of the windows of B barracks, a two story shingled building that had the unmistakable appearance of military architecture circa 1945. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The face of the gym teacher showed both compassion and alarm as she quietly pointed to a group of women some distance away, jumping over the rear fence as they shouted obscenities at me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No cursing in a house, even if the owner is not present, and—perhaps to keep us in practice—no obscenities even in the office. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But the men—reluctant to surrender their sport— would buy me drinks anyway, letting me drink out of their flasks on the streets, urging me to repeat obscenities. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They just left, mumbling obscenities under their breaths. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z If my father had heard a man use such obscenities before his daughters, he would have asked him to step outside where he would have defended my honor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Joe Mondragon, carrying a rifle in his left hand, leaped from the pickup and ran around it screaming obscenities in Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Why should a man deliberately plunge outside of history and peddle an obscenity, my mind went on abstractedly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Now we walk along the same street, in red pairs, and no man shouts obscenities at us, speaks to us, touches us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Abigail spied him in the field that July of 1801, working alongside the hired hands, swinging his sickle and murmuring obscenities at his political opponents. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z By that time, the Taliban issued a statement saying they shot me because my campaign was “an obscenity.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Along the winding hallway, near the door we had entered, I passed several clusters of students who stared at me, whispered obscenities, and pointed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It showed a kind of obscenity you see only in nature, an obscenity so extreme that it dis solves imperceptibly into beauty. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The officers seized the unsold newspapers and arrested Woodhull and Claflin, charging them with sending obscenity through the mail. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z If you don’t care for obscenity, you don’t care for the truth; if you don’t care for the truth, watch how you vote. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He sank his voice, like someone who is obliged for medical reasons to utter an obscenity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The homes they leave behind are scrawled with obscenities. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked for her to mount him so he could see her towering above him and call soft obscenities up into her face. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The white men were smoking and yelling obscenities at us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She slapped children and screamed obscenities at them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Joffrey slashed at Arya with his sword, screaming obscenities, terrible words, filthy words. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She looked across the street at herself—as seen, remembered, and conjured by the dreamer—and she didn’t see obscenity, or calamity, or godspawn. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Embarrassed, I halted the blubbering by screaming obscenities until I grew hoarse. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s Jewish, I thought, remembering with shame the obscenities I used to shout at Jewish storekeepers in Arkansas. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I staggered along the pavements, drunk, repeating obscenities to the horror of the women I passed and to the amusement of the men en route to their homes from work. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the foam or the underwire remains in the pointed brassiere, and the seat is worn to near obscenity. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A few of the men were chuckling loudly, but the laughter had a closer kinship to obscenity than to joy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For a full minute he shouted threats and obscenities at us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They’ve only broached the topic in passing obscenities over text since the news broke. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The soft consonants suggested an unthinkable obscenity, the sibilant ending whispered the family’s shame. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Do I believe that such obscenity and filth is coming from the lips of my own mother?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The hill was actually a huge rock imbedded in the landscape, partially covered with moss and also with scrawled obscenities that had to be scrubbed off almost daily. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To say one was a mother—that was past a joke: it was an obscenity. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He got in the car muttering obscenities, floored the gas, and the car lurched forward. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He pointed to Carl and began to make all the gestures of obscenity which he knew. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The unspeakable malevolence of the message is now buried deep inside the word, and out on the surface it presents itself as merely an obscenity. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The guests in his restaurant had begun to complain vigorously about the noise and obscenity coming from the room that was directly off the restaurant. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Fox News previously reported that an unhappy customer allegedly yelled obscenities at the employees of a Wendy’s in Vancouver, Canada, before breaking one of the restaurant’s windows. Duo points gun at Pizza Hut worker over missing bottle of soda: report 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z In Britain, she explained, obscenities are just “salt and pepper” enlivening everyday language. Moira Buffini on ‘Dying for It’ at Atlantic Theater 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Sexual obscenity also, to complicate things, had a sacramental function – as witness the fruity ways of the god Priapus. Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr – review 2013-05-23T06:30:19Z This attitude was so entwined with operations that the Wi-Fi password at a company office in San Diego used to be a sexist obscenity, according to three former employees. CrossFit Owner Fostered Sexist Company Culture, Workers Say 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z The lawsuit stated that Allen became aggressive and started screaming obscenities at Coppola once inside the restaurant. Las Vegas restaurant owner sues DoorDash after delivery driver allegedly stabs him 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Joyce knew what he was getting himself into; “Dubliners,” his first book, went unpublished for nine years, rejected by forty publishers for allegedly “unprintable” obscenities, especially, unbelievably, the word “bloody.” 'Ulysses' and the Moral Right to Pleasure 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The lyrics rail against the authorities, as befit a man who has repeatedly criticized the Chinese government for flouting the rule of law and the rights of citizens, and are also dotted with obscenities. China's Ai Weiwei launches musical career with heavy metal "Dumbass" single 2013-05-22T05:07:26Z Cox said his Roman Catholic mother would be horrified that her son is now synonymous with an obscenity. Brian Cox hopes memoir doesn’t put ‘full stop’ on his life 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Adele, of course, reacted in the most Adele manner ever, by good-naturedly releasing a string of obscenities while flapping her arms like a bat herself on the stage. Watch Adele Freak Out Over a Bat Crashing Her Concert 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z It's like," he pauses, groping for a word strong enough, "an obscenity. Brian Turner: words of war 2010-10-27T21:20:00Z "A whole bunch of kids were hollering obscenities at me," he remembers. Northwest author Karl Marlantes took three decades to climb his own personal 'Matterhorn' 2010-03-19T21:21:00Z His comedy career and his criminal prosecutions on drug and obscenity charges inspired museum exhibitions, one-man theatrical performances and biographies. Julian Barry, Who Made Lenny Bruce Into ‘Lenny,’ Dies at 92 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Now even the extremest obscenities have lost their power to shock. Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr – review 2013-05-23T06:30:19Z Alfred Knopf and his legal advisors, fearing obscenity prosecution, insisted Updike tamp down the more explicit passages. Updike at Work: Letters, Postcards and Much More 2010-06-21T17:35:00Z In practice that means obscenity and dirty jokes but nothing outside the latter-day stand-up norm. | 'The Green Room With Paul Provenza': On Showtime, Behind the Scenes With a Comic 2010-06-09T21:09:00Z Miller was reportedly agitated with patrons at a karaoke bar and began yelling obscenities. Actor Ezra Miller arrested for disorderly conduct, after winning a fan-favorite moment at Oscar 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z So the Romans, like us, had a primary relationship between the body and the idea of obscenity – though their sexual schema was a little different, with shame attaching, above all, to sexual passivity. Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr – review 2013-05-23T06:30:19Z The obscenity trial of Howl takes place boringly, anticlimactically, and in Ginsberg's absence. Howl ? review 2011-02-24T21:40:01Z When the narrator’s father tells his fitness instructor that “rest and recovery is just as important as working out,” for instance, the instructor responds not by disagreeing but by lobbing a volley of obscenities. Unhappy Families Abound in These New Books About Fathers and Sons 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z On 15 March, just 10 days after the film's release, Russell ran out naked into the street, gesticulating and screaming obscenities and was picked up by the police. Jason Russell: Kony2012 and the fight for truth 2013-03-03T00:05:34Z Although playwrights now had much more latitude, they were still liable to be prosecuted for strong language and obscenity. Hair, restored 2010-04-14T08:34:00Z One common obscenity, for instance, is used about a dozen times in the Broadway version, down from 18 elsewhere. A Broadway Makeover for ?Priscilla? Queens 2011-03-10T22:38:21Z Talent is like obscenity: you know it when you see it. What Does It Mean to Be a “Real” Writer? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z With his gift for polemics and taste for scandal, he was routinely hauled up on blasphemy and obscenity charges and attacked by those on the left and the right. Pasolini’s Legacy: A Sprawl of Brutality 2012-12-26T23:04:57Z Beth slinks around the film's periphery, hissing obscenities and accusations until she winds up in a hospital after walking in front of a car. Ballet thriller "Black Swan" so bad it's good 2010-09-01T23:26:00Z The book, which was banned in the United States and Great Britain because of its "obscenity" until the 1930s, takes place during a single day in Dublin, June 16, 1904. Heeding the lessons of James Joyce's "Ulysses," a century later 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Passenger Brandon Ganus, 32, forced the flight from Pittsburg to Dallas made an emergency landing Sunday at Will Rogers World Airport after he became violent and started yelling obscenities and threatening others, according to reports. American Airlines crew forced to duct tape, cuff belligerent passenger before emergency diversion 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z David Bar Katz said he felt that some audience members weren’t able to recover from the obscenities used in the opening scene of his 2011 Labyrinth Theater Company production, “The Atmosphere of Memory.” Curses! And Why They Work So Well Onstage (Sometimes) 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z He painted Marilyn Monroe blooming in a van Gogh vase, devoted decades to documenting the cultural significance of Tiny Tim and was sentenced to prison for breaking obscenity laws in his native Australia. Martin Sharp, 71, Pop Artist Who Tested Boundaries, Dies 2013-12-06T03:39:14Z Now as we wait, Tyler, who refuses to wear a winter hat, has made his displeasure known by muttering a string of obscenities. Is Vermont becoming the Napa Valley of beer? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The flexibility of reveals that the contemporary grammar of obscenity existed in the early 19th century; the ubiquity of shows that 19th century people used bad words with abandon. The modern history of swearing: Where all the dirtiest words come from 2013-05-11T12:30:00Z One of them, the father of a teen-age girl, wrote to Robert Kennedy, who was then the Attorney General, to complain about the song’s possible obscenity, prompting an F.B.I. investigation. Is This the Dirtiest Song of the Sixties? 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Lenny Bruce, when facing prosecution for violating obscenity laws, reportedly tried to convince his lawyers to let him perform his set in front of the United States Supreme Court! John Mulaney's "Baby J" is the latest cancellation comedy reframing a controversial narrative 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z The rapper made a crude reference to rough sex and used an obscenity. Emmett Till's family reacts to Lil Wayne lyric 2013-02-14T20:45:11Z They were accused of yelling obscenities and behaving erratically toward patrons at a karaoke bar. What to Know About Ezra Miller and ‘The Flash’ 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z That work’s open celebration of eroticism and homosexuality caused Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who published it, to be tried on obscenity charges. Peter Orlovsky, Poet Who Inspired Allen Ginsberg, 2010-06-03T05:04:00Z Her characters grapple with the most fundamental obscenity: that of being alive at all. Bullied and Shunned, They Found a New Way to See the World 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z She put circles of paper on people's bodies, and once a horse, in "happening" anti-war performances in the late 1960s, which got some people arrested for obscenity but helped get media attention for her art. AP Interview: Artist Kusama sees the world in dots 2012-08-08T12:34:11Z Let her be the one to stand in the rain and scream obscenities outside someone’s window late at night, just as the male character did. Review | Sampling too much from the past, Hulu’s ‘High Fidelity’ remix fails to find its own groove 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z For example, after receiving an unfavorable report during a meeting, he leaped to his feet screaming obscenities and hurled his laptop through the glass window of the second story conference room. From Russia With Mixed Feelings 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Privately published in 1928, the book, about an upper-class woman’s affair with her gamekeeper, went to trial for obscenity in Britain in 1960, when an unexpurgated version finally came out there. Theater to Stream: ‘Hamlet’ and a Tracy Letts Triptych 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Sometimes, they spout random obscenities or natter about their lousy lunch. “Kiss my behind, King Cetewayo”: The secret hilarity of untranslated foreign-language movie lines 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Police rushed the stage, arrested Morrison, and charged him with public obscenity, indecency, and inciting a riot. 11 surprising facts about Jim Morrison 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z To paint any clearer a picture than that would risk arrest on an obscenity charge. | '666': The Spanish Trouple Yllana at the Minetta Lane Theater 2010-04-22T23:13:00Z To engage McDonagh in a graduate-student deconstruction of his oeuvre — the themes, the tropes, what the artist is trying to say — is to invite the repeated invocation of one of his favorite obscenities. You’ve Got the Wrong Idea About Martin McDonagh 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Writing those experiences, Yuknavitch is willing to risk melodrama, obscenity, and sentimentality, seemingly indifferent to the supposed canons of good taste. The Wild, Remarkable Sex Scenes of Lidia Yuknavitch 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z In the volatile culture of the late 1960s Mr. Morrison strove to test taboos, defying television censorship — singing the word “higher” on “The Ed Sullivan Show” — and drawing prosecution for obscenity. Ray Manzarek, 74, Rock Keyboardist And a Founder of the Doors, Is Dead 2013-05-21T18:15:21Z He went to prison, on charges of obscenity. Perspective | I’m going to think about Anthony Weiner this one last time and then that’s it 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “There was some sort of obscenity to the whole thing, this foodie movement,” he said. Discomfort food: Using dinners to talk about race, violence and America 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z As a result, they fought more than 200 obscenity cases – when they weren’t partying and making millions. Daughter of a pornographer 2014-02-02T00:59:00Z I never quite know what I'm supposed to be looking for when contestants try that style, although it's like obscenity -- I know it when I see it. "So You Think You Can Dance" delivers a finale shocker 2010-08-13T12:01:00Z It had been charged with violating British obscenity laws by printing 10,000 unexpurgated copies of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” D. H. Lawrence’s last novel. Richard H. Hoggart, ‘Lady Chatterley’s’ Savior, Dies at 95 2014-04-23T20:45:56Z James takes us deep into his criminal power dynamics, in monologues laced with breathtaking obscenities. ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ cuts a swath across Jamaican history Aside from accusations of obscenity, Lawrence has also been accused of misogyny. Back in love 2011-03-23T02:35:56Z Toews captures the Mennonites’ antique way of speaking, a language thick with biblical tropes and Christian ideals challenged by the obscenity of what has been done to them. Review | More than 100 women were raped by their neighbors for years — but no one would believe them. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z After a third artist dismembered animal carcasses and bathed in their blood, Mr. Metzger and other organizers of the forum were arrested for obscenity. Gustav Metzger, provocative artist who developed ‘auto-destructive’ art, dies at 90 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z He was cleared last year of obscenity charges for publishing a translation of "The Exploits of a Young Don Juan," published in 1911 by Guillaume Apollinaire, and the Geneva-based International Publishers Association commended Sanci. Turkish state pans Beat Generation author 2011-05-16T11:46:04Z No one in my vicinity had a torso painted like the Union Jack, or shouted obscenities at non-British team members. ArtsBeat: Running in Circles: 'Chariots of Fire' in London 2012-06-28T14:59:50Z He is instead, I think, insisting on the obscenity of murder. Movie Review | 'A Prophet': Learning to Read, Murder, Survive 2010-02-25T23:22:00Z What had been merely the label for a body part blossomed into an obscenity in the late middle ages. Kick-Ass kicks the c-word into the mainstream | David Cox 2010-04-02T12:09:00Z These earned him a conviction on obscenity charges and a prison sentence, an update that will cause the most ardent free-expression headbanger to punch the air a little bit. TV OD: Twilight of the Porn Stars 2012-06-08T23:05:09Z Mr. Milch spiked the commonplace blasphemy of the 1870s with obscenities so crude they would make rappers flinch. Revisiting ‘Deadwood,’ a Lawless Prelude to TV’s New Golden Age 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Boyle grounds his narrative with individuals caught in the whirlwind: Eckford holds her head high and ignores the obscenities. The Decade That Changed America Forever 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z On the worst days of agitation, in mixed states, I threw plates at the wall, yelling obscenities at Kyle as he stood helpless. The power of radical forgiveness 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z “It’s kind of like what one of the Supreme Court justices said about obscenity,” he said. Fry Bread Is Beloved, but Also Divisive 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The box office declared her "not guilty" on the grounds that the US supreme court was later to recognise as a defence to obscenity – she had a "redeeming social purpose". My hero: Mae West by Kathy Lette 2013-04-12T15:00:05Z She and Man Ray were kicked off one dance floor for “obscenity,” Van Haaften writes, which is one definition of pretty good dancing. ‘Berenice Abbott’ Captures a Large and Star-Studded Life 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The warning follows a lengthy court battle over indecency and obscenity standards on U.S. network television. Keep breasts, buttocks under wraps, CBS tells Grammy performers 2013-02-07T19:38:11Z That got him often blacklisted from appearing on television, barred from Britain and landed him in legal trouble, including multiple arrests for obscenity. Why Midge and Lenny are the Carrie and Big of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z The matchless publicity of an enduringly influential obscenity trial made “Howl” a best seller and — improbably — part of the American literary canon. A Book Lover?s San Francisco 2010-12-04T05:00:00Z In 2015, China’s culture ministry banned 120 songs - mostly rap - for “promoting obscenity, violence, crime or threatening public morality.” China takes aim at hip-hop, saying 'low-taste content' must stop 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z In case you missed my earlier reporting, Isaacs was prosecuted for obscenity after selling self-made “scat” movies — which he claimed featured fake feces — as well as a foreign producer’s bestiality film. Sentencing in Bush-era porn prosecution 2013-01-16T23:25:00Z I mean a great American movie possessed of an understanding of the full extent of slavery, its bottomless obscenity and violence. Django Unchained: the inglorious history of slavery in the movies 2013-01-14T06:00:00Z One of the unexpected effects of the novel, which was first published in its entirety in Paris in 1922, was the most famous obscenity trial in U.S. history, conducted in 1933. “The Most Dangerous Book”: When “Ulysses” was obscene 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z He has all the social grace of a pudgy 14-year-old with an autism-spectrum disorder, and has a juvenile obscenity tattooed across his knuckles, "Night of the Hunter"-style. Cannes: Lars von Trier's "Nazi" scandal gets even dumber 2011-05-19T16:35:00Z The ostensible target of his ire was his girlfriend’s father, the custodian of her estate, to whom Mr. Asghari referred by name in the same message, using an obscenity. More Than Mr. Britney Spears 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z The prevailing judicial decisions defined obscenity to include any writing, no matter how beautiful, that excited sexual desire. Perspective | Trump can’t ban ‘Fire and Fury.’ Thank James Joyce’s 100-year-old ‘Ulysses’ for that. 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z To paraphrase the former Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart on obscenity, we know them when we see them. Hey Silicon Valley, It’s Time to Wear a Suit 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z But Meijer’s willingness to write fiercely into the abyss deserves respect, and maybe the darkness of the untethering is the point, or at least an accurate depiction of life’s obscenities. Stories That Double as a Field Guide to Women’s Desires and Miseries 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Whatever obscenities people thought they heard, the Kingsmen’s version hewed closely to the original — lyrically if not musically. Jack Ely, Who Sang the Kingsmen’s ‘Louie Louie’, Dies at 71 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z “When I grew up, I found the word ‘father’ to be an obscenity. Pat Conroy Writes About Relationship With Father 2013-11-04T19:42:12Z But at the moment when you don't, you're firmly aware of not letting your face drop or uttering an obscenity. The reaction shot, please 2011-02-23T01:19:00Z I ran away from him up the tangled Galway cobblestone streets as he yelled obscenities. 'It's only a beer': the unwritten contracts between men and women 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The parameters are not clearly defined — that’s not how obscenity law works. GOP, hands off my porn! 2012-09-02T01:00:00Z Here Ms. Streep smokes, rants, bites her fingers, slurs her speech and spews obscenities with the gusto of a tornado laying waste to a small town. Movie Review: ‘August: Osage County,’ With Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts 2013-12-26T15:07:50Z Greaves waived his right to fight extradition and was taken to Florida to face the charges of violating the state's obscenity law. Pedophile's Guide author faces obscenity charges 2010-12-21T13:00:04Z There was a trial in the Massachusetts Superior Court, and the judge found against the film and described it as a “nightmare of obscenities.” Frederick Wiseman on Censorship, Small-Town America, and Why He Dislikes the Word “Documentary” 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z In Edward Klein’s “Guilty as Sin,” which came out last week, roughly two-thirds of the anonymously sourced quotations attributed to Mrs. Clinton are salted with obscenities. Review: The Anti-Clinton Brigade’s Four-Letter Word Obsession 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z James proves especially adept at criminal power dynamics, expressed in poetic monologues laced with breathtaking obscenities. The ten best books of 2014 The Devil’s judicial robes catch fire, and he shrinks away inside them, shrieking obscenities. “Citizen Punch” 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z He was 7 when an elderly stranger with one dark tooth approached him and listed obscenities like a fairy-tale version of George Carlin. Louis C.K. Doubles Down on the Value of Saying the Wrong Thing 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Just a few years before, U.S. jurisdictions had banned films showing an unseemly amount of skin; in 1964 Lenny Bruce was convicted of obscenity. Dead Sex Kittens: Farewell to Three Icons of Movie Eroticism 2011-02-10T08:10:00Z You have fewer tools at your disposal because you can't draw on sexual content or obscenities. How Horrible Histories became a huge hit 2011-03-17T20:00:01Z My mother would stub her toe and let loose a string of obscenities that you wouldn’t believe.” What can’t MacFarlene do? 2012-06-28T14:47:00Z Parents also raised objections to obscenity and age-inappropriate material, and they seem to have held most tightly to that concern. What Kind of Town Bans Books? 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z And it's strange to remember how very daring Shrek 1 seemed at the time: the implied obscenity in Lord Farquaad, the cheeky attack on the Disney empire. Film review: Shrek Forever After 2010-07-01T21:00:00Z Perhaps there is more going on here than the suggestion of obscenity.” Kicked out of the mall — for an anti-cancer hat 2013-05-22T20:33:00Z Butler is out of sight, but you can hear him roaring obscenities to himself, psyching up. Ralph Fiennes's full-metal Coriolanus 2010-05-06T21:00:00Z That led to an obscenity trial, at which Tommy pleaded for the cause of public nudity and dropped his trousers in court. The eco-sex activists who want to save the world 2013-04-11T18:00:03Z When she was refused the information, she began yelling obscenities at the workers and then threw a cup at the window. Driver waiting in long line at McDonald's has car seized when cops notice something unusual 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Obscenity as wild card, as human element, obscenity as a kind of collective soul. The death of writing? Not again 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Vogel was fresh off another large-scale history play, the compassionate and inclusive musical drama “A Civil War Christmas,” and she insisted that a new work about Asch’s play reach far beyond the obscenity trial. With Her Eerily Timely “Indecent,” Paula Vogel Unsettles American Theatre Again 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z There are tabloids that have capitalized on its obscenity. Books of The Times: A Captivity No Novelist Could Invent 2011-07-17T21:24:39Z Not long after, Mr. Carbone used obscenities in a column and was fired. For ‘The Bachelor,’ He’s the Thorn in Their Tray of Roses 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The characters communicate with one another in flirty fragments and casual obscenities. In Colin Barrett’s ‘Young Skins,’ a Small Irish Town’s Aimless Denizens 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z He links to a video wherein an undergraduate shouts obscenities at Nicholas Christakis, demanding to know why he accepted the role of House Master at all, while her peers both cheer and jeer. Who’s really demanding to be coddled on campus? Yale students aren’t the spoiled brats for refusing to be racially trolled on Halloween 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z In my opinion the increasing violence and obscenity in films and other media long ago reached unacceptable levels. Letters: A Diet of Brutality 2010-04-24T02:32:00Z The "wooden flute serenading death" is a beautiful image that embodies an obscenity: death should not be serenaded. Poem of the week: Peter Riley 2011-07-11T10:20:00Z “They were pristine frozen ghosts,” she said, “but obscenities were written underneath.” When Fashion Meets Art 2014-03-13T00:02:24Z Too often, though, the filmmakers try to squeeze humor from obscenities that, while initially amusing when lobbed in a story about knights and wizards, lose their sting with repetition. | 'Your Highness': They Huffed and Puffed and Waited to Exhale 2011-04-07T22:55:33Z He hits the road, packing nightclubs and juke joints across the South, and releases a series of albums whose salacious covers hint at the exuberant obscenity inside. ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Review: Eddie Murphy, Raw and Cooking 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z They are no longer restricted to a three-minute format, nor do they need to worry about obscenity rules. Pop Music Videos? I Want My YouTube! 2013-08-22T21:50:39Z Many of the same slapstick jokes and gags from Brooks’s film are referenced, too, though they have been retooled to remove any outdated references or obscenity. ‘Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’ Review: A Tail of Two Samurai 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Although faculty tend to think that merit is in one way like obscenity in the mind of Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart as he wrote in the 1964 opinion on Jacobellis v. What makes the ideal university? Six values that power higher education at its best 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z To that end, he drew inspiration from rock and heavy metal bands he was listening to at the time, asking the orchestra to chant obscenities, strike riot shields with truncheons, and stamp their feet. The Orchestra Brawls in a ‘Beer and Pizza’ Oedipus Opera 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z The obscenity judges had to set aside weeks to read it. 'Ulysses' and the Moral Right to Pleasure 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The films proved controversial, with Les Amants becoming the subject of an obscenity case in the US Supreme Court, yet both are now considered landmark works. Jeanne Moreau, star of Jules et Jim, dies aged 89 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z There’s actually not much sex to be found in the Constitution, debates over obscenity, contraception, abortion and homosexuality notwithstanding. 13 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Forster didn’t publish the novel in his time because of obscenity laws. James Ivory and the Making of a Historic Gay Love Story 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z “I’m in my midlife crisis,” he said, offering as evidence the tattoos on his right knuckles that spell a four-letter obscenity. Derailed Director Cites Urge to Entertain 2011-05-20T23:26:44Z Clemente's first stint as an anchor at KFYR-TV in Bismarck on Sunday night was also his last after he uttered two obscenities just as cameras began to roll. TV reporter fired for profanity to hit red carpet 2013-04-24T23:53:09Z In 2015, China’s culture ministry banned 120 songs - mostly rap - for “promoting obscenity, violence, crime or threatening public morality.” China takes aim at hip-hop, saying 'low-taste content' must stop 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The report added that the man was intoxicated and “muttering obscenities” the whole time. Florida man arrested outside Olive Garden while eating spaghetti with bare hands 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Bloody was not quite an obscenity and not quite an oath, but it was definitely a bad word that shocked and offended the ears of polite society. The modern history of swearing: Where all the dirtiest words come from 2013-05-11T12:30:00Z As court rulings chipped away at obscenity laws and his competitors grew raunchier, Mizer continued to include in Physique Pictorial classic photos from his archive. The Obsessive Photographer Behind America’s First Gay Magazine 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z "Obscenity or partially seen obscenity on wardrobe is unacceptable for broadcast," the note added. Keep breasts, buttocks under wraps, CBS tells Grammy performers 2013-02-07T19:38:11Z The profane parts of "Ulysses," of course, made it the subject of a landmark American obscenity case. Get ready to celebrate Bloomsday on June 16 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z He resigned himself to the idea that his obscenity would indeed be remembered and probably become an integral part of his children’s vocabulary. Motherlode: Making Childhood Memories 2011-02-08T20:41:23Z “But very early in the session, I may say” — she let loose a string of empathetic obscenities. A Champion, a Critic, a Therapist: Dyana Williams Is Hip-Hop’s Artist Whisperer 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z In the web video Urban is seen raising his hands in defeat next to a seemingly furious Minaj, who is shouting obscenities. Urban relishes peacemaker role on 'Idol' 2012-10-04T03:40:09Z Within a few years obscenity standards relaxed, and Updike restored the original language, carefully pasting typed insertions in the margins of an early printed edition preserved in the Houghton archive. John Updike?s Archive: A Great Writer at Work 2010-06-20T23:23:00Z Charges of obscenity were laid against Brown, who was later sentenced to three months in prison with hard labour, eventually reduced to a fine. Censorship is stifling Australia's artistic freedom of expression 2013-06-13T23:39:31Z As the candidate works the crowd, glad-handing his admirers, a few covert disrupters out themselves by trying to hurl obscenities within his earshot. Authoritarian hold music: How Donald Trump’s banal playlist cultivates danger at his rallies 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Haber also appears on the podcast to discuss his breakthrough and to share some of the unearthed recordings, including what he believes to be the world’s earliest recorded obscenity. Out Loud: Carl Haber and the Earliest Recorded Sounds 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z Rowling, as you may have gathered, does not flinch from violence — or sex or obscenity or technology or most any other aspect of modern London life. ‘The Silkworm,’ by Robert Galbraith a.k.a. J.K. Rowling And because everyone agrees on what “average sex instincts” are, the matter of obscenity was thereby settled forever. Perspective | ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ was banned 90 years ago. Now we’re — yawn — bored by obscenity. 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The next year he and the magazine’s editors, Richard Neville and Richard Walsh, were sentenced to prison for violating obscenity laws. Martin Sharp, 71, Pop Artist Who Tested Boundaries, Dies 2013-12-06T03:39:14Z Rather, the power is in having the obscenity of it placed right in our living rooms, without equivocation. “Who Is America?” and “Big Brother” separately and together illuminate our racial divide 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z When San Francisco's parks department prevented a radical theater group called the San Francisco Mime Troupe from performing on city land, citing obscenity, Graham produced a benefit concert to cover legal costs. Rock promoter Bill Graham's life and career commemorated at Skirball 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z One of the film’s makers drew a gasp in the auditorium when he broke Oscar protocol by tossing off a strictly forbidden obscenity — something rare at the tightly controlled Academy Awards. ?The Artist? Wins Best Film at the Academy Awards 2012-02-27T05:27:18Z I was in Tuscaloosa, Alabama when the story broke and you can't believe the obscenities hurled at Taylor by the most "respectable" people. Elizabeth Taylor, always leading lady 2011-03-24T15:29:00Z And in the ambition to tell a story that rivals “Game of Thrones,” it is the first installment to be rated “M” for mature because of its gory violence and gratuitous use of obscenities. Final Fantasy XVI Takes on Its ‘Star Wars’ Problem 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z The other woman yelled back what I took to be obscenities. Pablo Neruda Wrote Me a Poem 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z After Kitty mentioned the show’s headliner, the Detroit rapper Danny Brown, and the group they are both part of, Bruiser Brigade, a group of young men yelled unpublishable obscenities at her for about 30 seconds. Music Review: Danny Brown and Kitty at Irving Plaza 2013-05-08T21:58:46Z It helps, of course, to see “Disco Pigs” more than once to fully understand its dense, vernacular poetry, which abounds in thickly Gaelic neologisms and more classic obscenities. Review: Dancing to Destruction in Enda Walsh’s Fierce ‘Disco Pigs’ 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z The majority ruling states clearly that federal obscenity law applies only to “depictions of ‘sexual conduct’” and not to scenes that are “shocking” for other reasons, like extreme violence. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z Which is to say, of course “Beloved” contains obscene passages; the obscenity is the point. Perspective | In the Va. governor’s race, ‘Beloved’ is reduced to its most explicit parts. That’s obscene. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Reznor, never one to mince words, took to Twitter less than an hour later: “Music’s biggest night … to be disrespected,” he wrote, adding a “heartfelt” obscenity in all capital letters. ArtsBeat: Grammy Producer Responds to Trent Reznor’s Angry Critique 2014-01-29T20:09:18Z As Birmingham points out, obscenity is still, to this day, illegal; we just don’t use the word to apply to masterpieces. 'Ulysses' and the Moral Right to Pleasure 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Knight told The Toronto Star that she’d counted how many times she had used the obscenity in her slim book “and it’s something like 732.” I’m Not O.K. Neither Are You. Who Cares? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z The Ladies in White hold weekly protest marches in Cuba and are often met by rowdy, pro-government crowds who shout insults and obscenities at them. Cuban singer Milanes knocks harassment of 'Ladies' 2011-08-30T17:26:07Z Still, when I saw on Twitter that Ms. McCrory had died, I yelled “No!,” with a reiterated obscenity, and began angrily pacing the room. How Helen McCrory Shone, Even in a Haze of Mystery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z They don't yell obscenities at their grandchildren, or tell outsiders they're being kept a prisoner. The raw horror of Alzheimer's 2010-06-01T20:00:00Z The video ends with her coworkers pushing her into the bathroom while she continues to shout obscenities at the customer. Taco Bell employee throws punch over allegedly overcooked chalupa 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Several other countries banned it because of obscenity laws, which only amplified its outlaw infamy. Jane Birkin is back with a new album, but her presence is everlasting 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z But first a trigger warning, in deference to those who protested at Carnegie Hall: This show has what is surely the highest ratio of obscenities of any mainstream musical ever. Review: ‘Jerry Springer,’ Sacred and Profane, Triumphantly Sings Again 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z “I feel like a defective model, like I came off the assembly line flat-out,” she wrote, using an obscenity, “and my parents should have taken me back for repairs before the warranty ran out.” Elizabeth Wurtzel Finally Grew Up, Like the Rest of Gen X 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Leon, the actresses said, can call for a prayer circle at rehearsals yet freely employ an obscenity. Television: Kenny Leon Directs a New ‘Steel Magnolias’ for Lifetime 2012-09-29T23:29:02Z Or they may say something like “I like your bounce, baby,” or yell obscenities and other unprintable comments, or threaten imminent assault. Video Game Review: In Hey Baby, Street Wolves Meet Their Match 2010-06-07T22:22:00Z There are some possible arguments for trying to keep kids away from certain kinds of content, but in the case of adults, other than the restrictions on obscenity and child pornography, there’s simply no excuse. ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ by E. L. James, in Demand at Libraries 2012-05-21T22:00:24Z I thought about the fact that “Lolita” had escaped the absurd gaze of the obscenity law. How ‘Lolita’ Escaped Obscenity Laws and Cancel Culture 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z A parents group is threatening CBS affiliates with challenges to their broadcast licenses if they air the network's new comedy with a title that alludes to an obscenity. Parents group challenges title of CBS series 2010-05-20T19:43:00Z I was worried about that moment because it was written in the script that I just destroy it – I pop every balloon, I throw cake at people, obscenities would just go on. James Marsden loves playing his "Jury Duty" alter ego, a narcissistic jerk who's "off his rocker" 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Some librarians have been accused of peddling obscenity or promoting pedophilia; others have been harassed online by people calling for them to be fired or even arrested. Attempts to Ban Books Doubled in 2022 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z She's a creature of impulse and instinct — when yowling obscenities at a cat, getting hot and bothered in heat, leaping onto couches. 'Sylvia': Canine comedy at Seattle Rep 2011-11-18T21:05:04Z Arcelia, sickened by this and other displays of the founders wanting people to align with an “over-heteronormative, traditional obscenity,” bowed out. What "Escaping Twin Flames" teaches us about the anti-trans nature of a supposedly loving cult 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z Rated NC-17 for sexual situations and dialogue, nudity, obscenity and a brief drug reference. 'Elles' examines sex as a commodity 2012-05-03T20:20:06Z What is it about obscenity that intrigues you so much? Laura Kipnis talks about power, anxiety and 'Men' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z There's a touch of levity in those glimpses; more than this, however, it calls attention to the obscenity of this new normal. "Totally Under Control" shows all the ways the Trump administration let a virus win 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z It’s a little disorienting to hear a studio audience, a broadcast TV staple, laughing at punch lines that include a strong obscenity, or to catch a flash of Colt’s bare backside. Review: In ‘The Ranch,’ Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson Reunite as Cowboy Siblings 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z "I think, the word 'obscenities' in its name and the tag of plus 16 are used as excuses to seize control of theaters." Turkey arts under pressure from conservative gov't 2012-05-02T15:19:09Z As in his radio days, he took questions and comments from callers, who often had to be cut off for verbosity or for using obscenities. Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies at 87 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Around 1973, fears of pornography convictions were also causing bookstores and libraries to get rid of books, under a new Supreme Court guidelines on obscenity. Tomi Ungerer’s Triumphant Return 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z “There was no nudity. They had regulations against obscenity. There was no obscenity. They had no regulations against gore, because no one else had done gore. It would be like having regulations against outer-space driving.” Herschell Gordon Lewis, a Pioneer of Gore Cinema, Dies at 90 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said she was "yelling obscenities and racial slurs and flailing her arms," and ultimately slapped a flight attendant who tried to intervene. Australian model avoids jail after causing in-flight incident, slapping a flight attendant 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Would you really want to be under suspicion of criminal activity if your own toddler ever parroted an obscenity or flipped the bird? Swearing toddler video inspires terrible, racist response 2014-01-09T20:49:00Z When it opened on Broadway, cast members were arrested for obscenity. Spare Times Listings for Nov. 21-27 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z It's an obscenity that suggests Kelly is a genius flake who needs to be protected from his worst impulses -- by force, if necessary. When should a director stop messing with a movie? 2010-08-17T00:20:00Z The publication of a translation of The Soft Machine by William Burroughs was accused of obscenity, but the trial was postponed. London Book Fair: Elif Shafak on Turkey's progress 2013-04-12T15:00:02Z When Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart was asked to describe his test for obscenity in 1964, he responded: "I know it when I see it." "Hot girl food": How food porn changed in 2022 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z The jury acquitted him, but the authorities had already found him guilty and several other arrests for onstage obscenity followed. It’s worse than Jerry Seinfeld says: PC is undermining free speech, expression, liberties 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Even in a season featuring two works by a king of Anglo-Saxon expletives like David Mamet, this comedy by David West Read may well clock the most obscenities per minute of any play on Broadway. Theater Review: ‘The Performers,’ With Henry Winkler and Cheyenne Jackson 2012-11-15T03:07:21Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Subject to obscenity charges in the US and banned in Britain for 16 years, Eugene O'Neill's 1924 play once enjoyed a scandalous reputation. Desire Under the Elms – review 2012-10-09T12:08:38Z Twitter, she said, used to be fun, but now it's all death threats and violent obscenity, which explains why she combs through the site regularly for material. Kathy Griffin is in wickedly funny form at the Taper 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z With “Howl,” every line of dialogue was based on public record, whether lifted from the poem, letters, interviews with Ginsberg or transcripts from the obscenity trial that followed the poem’s publication. Arts & Leisure: Walter Salles Adapts Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ 2012-05-23T23:42:34Z And that’s not just because there’s a mild obscenity on page six. Michael Ian Black says his Trump kids’ book was inspired by Hillary Clinton 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Both were banned immediately on publication; in both cases the charge was obscenity, though Joyce's erudition and Lawrence's passion could hardly be more distinct from one another. Rereading: The Rainbow by DH Lawrence 2011-03-19T00:06:22Z Kelly’s voice mail box filled with invective and obscenities. Review: Megyn Kelly Tells Tales Out of Fox News in Her Memoir, ‘Settle for More’ 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Harrison tries to erase the drunken fan's graffiti, to scrub away the obscenities. Tony Harrison's poem V is a timeless portrayal of working-class aspiration 2013-02-18T08:00:31Z He contributed greatly to this symphony of obscenities and ended up playing the part by playing himself. The best battle scenes ever shot from Apocalypse Now to Hacksaw Ridge 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Dolled up in a blond hairdo and slinky clothes, she spits obscenities at her son, his girlfriend and a hapless hotel clerk. Only God Forgives: No Absolution for Ryan Gosling 2013-07-18T09:45:42Z To make the piece kid-friendly, Mr. Waters said he eliminated all obscenities and altered the script so that it told the same story, only in a more age-appropriate way. It's 'Pink Flamingos,' But, You Know, for Kids 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z One employee on duty reported that the man "was screaming obscenities and yelling how he wanted inside to kill employees." Fast-food customer goes on 'screaming' tirade at drive-thru, threatens to kill employees 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “As a matter of general approach, if the aspect of sexual desires and their expression is sensitively handled without bringing coarseness, vulgarity or obscenity, pandering prurient tendencies, then it is not to be disallowed.” Indian film board clears Lipstick Under My Burkha for release 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Female nudity is treated as obscenity in movies to a degree that violence rarely is. Nipples invade the Super Bowl! 2014-02-03T15:52:00Z Mr. Mamet may be best known for his loud explosions of obscenities. Review: David Mamet’s ‘Ghost Stories,’ Bedtime Tales With a Gunshot 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z "The audience, the country was split over it," said director Zvyagintsev at a news conference to promote the Russian screening of the film, which will be heavily censored due to new obscenity laws. Leviathan director: controversy shows film 'touched something' in Russia 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The city’s Contemporary Arts Center and its director faced obscenity charges; they were acquitted in a trial viewed as a victory for free speech. Review: Mapplethorpe Inspires a Composer’s Meager Tribute 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says that on April 4th, Vergara was charged with obscenity, resisting an officer, battery of a police officer, simple battery and remaining in the airport after being forbidden. Woman arrested for entering New Orleans airport naked amidst coronavirus lock down 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Unexpectedly wise, Baby Cakes is actually a sentimental figure, but amid all the obscenity and meanness of this show, that comes as a relief. Critic?s Notebook: In ?China, IL? on Cartoon Network, Authority Figures Go Wild 2012-02-18T01:27:28Z You are likely to encounter much more obscenity, crude sexual humor and aggression at any comedy club in America, at least on a good night, and the patrons will be in no mood to complain. Critic?s Notebook: Belligerent and Boozy, and That?s Just the Audience 2011-04-03T20:27:46Z Few writers exploit the humorous possibilities of obscenity as well as Kuppner. The Same Life Twice by Frank Kuppner – review 2012-08-24T21:45:03Z Rappers were everywhere, including hard-hitting recent local discovery Dave B, who has a winning wide smile, to Nacho Picasso, with comic-book obscenities. Rap rules Day 1 at Bumbershoot 2013-09-01T03:36:27Z You can't just put up obscenities on a wall and say it's art. Gerald Ford graffiti pops up in Michigan hometown 2012-04-10T16:12:17Z As this memoir buzzes along, though, what becomes clear is that the real obscenity of Mr. Offutt’s childhood had little to do with his father’s profession. Review: In ‘My Father, the Pornographer,’ Chris Offutt Opens Up 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z For most of his episode, he speaks in an endless stream of obscenities but will occasionally drop a chestnut phrase like “Liberals are the Harvard grads interested in diversifying the plutocracy.” Stephen Markley’s “Ohio”: This year’s “Hillbilly Elegy” of fiction 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z And in Japan, the high-spirited manga artist Rokudenashiko challenges lopsided obscenity laws by fashioning art using molds and 3-D scans of her genitals. ‘#Female Pleasure’ Review: Fighting the Patriarchy 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Felix Dennis began his career at the British magazine Oz, where he was a defendant in an obscenity trial and once interrupted David Frost's talk show with profanity and a squirt gun. Felix Dennis, publishing provocateur turned poet, dies at 67 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z That’s where the obscenity comes from: when you can say nothing, surrounded by so much to say.” Discomfort food: Using dinners to talk about race, violence and America 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z It had to do with the obscenity of the merchandising around Christmas time. Rising design star: Naz Sahin 2012-05-17T21:42:00Z Many of the dead are children, an obscenity “For Sama” does not gloss over or turn away from. Frontline's "For Sama" does its part to close the immigration empathy gap 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z "There have been obscenity prosecutions, but this is something on a whole different level." Condom conundrum: Porn industry ponders latex law 2012-11-12T09:31:06Z Soon The Little Review had been found guilty of obscenity under the New York Comstock Act. 'Ulysses' and the Moral Right to Pleasure 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Audience members cheered when Mr. Marmo, onstage as Mr. Bruce, hollered about free speech and recounted the comic’s frequent arrests on obscenity charges in the early 1960s. Lenny Bruce Is Still Talking Dirty and Influencing People 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z He’s proud that no artist has faced an obscenity charge since his victory in 1992. “That’s the message, that black is bad and white is right”: Luther Campbell on racism, the police, bringing politics back to hip hop and how Al Gore and Bill Clinton ruined the music industry 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z “Only the restrained survive,” he said, comparing himself to Lenny Bruce, the 1960s comedian and counterculture idol arrested on obscenity charges and dogged by legal troubles. He?s Only Just Begun to Fight 2011-04-13T22:52:55Z Even as her fame increased, so did the attacks against her, from accusations of pomposity to charges of contempt, obscenity and sedition. Review | We waited 20 years for her follow-up to ‘The God of Small Things.’ It was worth it. 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z But he’s also adroit with more leisurely horrors, like the snap-crackle-pop of the murderous shade flexing for the kill, or the slow animation of a sacklike scarecrow into a toothy obscenity. Review: In ‘Annabelle: Creation,’ Orphans Are Child’s Play for a Doll 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z They may call it a “fleeting obscenity” case, but the journey of the lawsuit finally decided on by the U.S. The Supreme Court’s FCC Ruling: A Decision, But No F-ing Closure 2012-06-22T12:07:52Z More sexually explicit material is now permissible, as are obscenities. In ‘Reboot,’ Everything Old Is New, to Streaming 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Under obscenity laws, an erect penis can’t be shown on mainstream TV, while an erect nipple can. Flashing the flesh – a history of TV nudity 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Books are often challenged based on subjective ideas of obscenity in legal chambers. What was the first banned book in history? 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z His book was banned for obscenity; it was scandalous. "Lady Chatterley's Lover" director on sensuality and "a woman who takes ownership of her body" 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z "I read alone, a Freudian retreat that prepared me for the world in all its disgusting obscenity." A life in writing: Slavoj ?i?ek 2011-07-15T21:55:00Z Like Bertolucci, Oshima was held and acquitted on an obscenity charge. Nagisa Oshima 2013-01-15T12:43:54Z “In the mirror where I see my only enemy,” he raps on “The Joy,” “Your life’s cursed?/Well, mine’s an obscenity.” Arts & Leisure: Two Titans Share The Seat of Power 2011-08-09T19:00:08Z Four days later, warrants were issued in Miami for the arrest of Morrison on trumped-up charges of indecency, public obscenity and general rock ‘n’ roll revelry. ArtsBeat: The Doors Light One Last Fire in Response to Morrison's Pardon 2010-12-22T19:51:09Z The morning after the sold-out preview, a white Theater Project administrator and his wife from New York filed an obscenity complaint about the show. In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Beyond the obvious obscenity, you want to know what exactly it was about this, and the other painting, “The Big Night Down the Drain,” that proved so contentious. Review | Georg Baselitz is an overrated hack. Art collectors fell for him — but you don’t have to. 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z “But you know what?” she went on, before delivering an obscenity. Late Night TV's Response to Orlando Shooting Shows New Sophistication 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Waters said he hoped the result is “even more perverse than the original, because it’s transforming innocence into a whole new kind of joyous, G-rated obscenity.” It's 'Pink Flamingos,' But, You Know, for Kids 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z This makes obscenity prosecutions at once more difficult and more accessible. GOP, hands off my porn! 2012-09-02T01:00:00Z Behind us, we heard a scuffle, a Drill Sergeant yelling obscenities. Best of Salon: Army of one, soldiers undone: The hope that died in basic training 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z But I typed it out just to feel the tingle of Ms. Griffith’s confident obscenity. All That Sex and Blood, Mr. De Palma! 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Also making that connection: the self-conscious use of obscenities and the casting of actors who are associated mostly with 21st-century roles. 'Centurion': A handsome Roman war epic that lacks emotional impact 2010-08-26T20:08:00Z Ginsberg and Orlovsky had just moved to Paris, after all the aggravation surrounding the obscenity trial of Ginsberg's Howl. Harold Chapman's best shot 2010-08-04T21:01:00Z This design was potentially controversial, since it could be read as an obscenity lobbed at communism. At the embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, an exhibit of theater posters as high art Chang is particularly brilliant at this: The 1970s Wen Chang is endearingly, and hilariously, baffled at Saul’s swagger and unrelenting obscenities. Review | Full-court banter and intensity mark a gripping ‘Great Leap’ at Round House Theatre 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Boldly citing Donald Trump’s notorious obscenity concerning impoverished African countries, she insists, in a ringing if unprintable final line, that we all come from such downtrodden places. Review | In ‘Not a Novel,’ Jenny Erpenbeck continues to evolve 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Nothing else I’ve read is as faithful to the obscenity of these latter days, the consummation of vacuous pop culture and complete social bankruptcy. Review | Finally, a novel that captures the inanity of the Trump era. It isn’t pretty. 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Which novel did an American judge, whose ruling is quoted above, decide to allow into the country following a 15-year ban for obscenity? Quiz: Banned books 2010-09-27T07:31:00Z Unfortunately, the dead favor so many colorful obscenities that it’s hard to quote long passages in a family newspaper. Never mind that all of the characters are dead, ‘The Dirty Dust’ is full of life 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The obscenity charges against her, however, were not dropped, ostensibly leading to her Wednesday arrest. Japanese vagina artist arrested again for kayak modeled on her genitalia 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z "So when you read the diaries it is quite a shock – the vulgarity of the writing, the obscenities." Mario Vargas Llosa: a life in writing 2012-06-15T21:55:18Z Firecrackers popped and obscenities flew during the battle, called the "Ben Hurt Chariot Wars." 'Ben Hurt': Portland bike warriors smash and crash 2012-02-21T11:01:11Z The people defending Bruce from accusations of obscenity and provocation in the 1960s would now be likely to attack his right to use racial epithets. Review: Lenny Bruce’s Shifting Legacy, in ‘I’m Not a Comedian’ 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z There’s little comic shock value left in profanity, obscenity or intolerance, but it’s still quite rare and surprising to see a woman not obsess about her waistline. Women on TV Step Off the Scale 2012-10-11T12:00:00Z These are silly hypotheticals, but as long as politicians see the need to make new laws delineating between harmless fun and dangerous obscenity, we might as well talk about where the line is and why. Perspective | The right-wing drag panic is not about men wearing women’s clothing 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z A seemingly unhappy customer allegedly yelled obscenities at the employees of a Wendy’s in Vancouver, Canada, before breaking one of the restaurant’s windows. Man smashes Wendy's drive-thru window after getting a burger with no mustard on it: report 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z It begins with scrawled obscenities and a film of teenagers gleefully cutting worms in half. Teenage Riot 2010-08-19T20:31:00Z Her talk is blunt and laced with merry obscenity. Sheila Callaghan plays with gender identity in 'Women Laughing Alone With Salad' 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The book was ‘the vilest, according to ordinary standards, in all literature. And yet its very obscenity is somehow beautiful and wrings the soul to pity.’ Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ and obscenity viewed in page-turner style As Lila’s brother shouts obscenities at his rivals, the camera sweeps close to Lila’s stricken face and then across the smoky, hazy vantage. HBO’s “My Brilliant Friend” Understands Its Source Material, But Its Diligence Feels Misspent 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z This week's ruling could be construed, several sources suggested, as a rebuke to Bush-era attempts to define obscenity and tighten rules against it. Primetime TV shows to get racier after court ruling 2010-07-16T04:44:00Z Ginsberg's era-defining poem is tackled from many angles – animation, reconstruction, a staged interview and the obscenity trial it provoked – in a hard-working collage movie. This week's new films 2011-02-26T00:07:42Z It made a huge impact upon its release, though it was banned in the UK and was the subject of a number of obscenity trials in the US. Lindsay Lohan 'sacked from Linda Lovelace film' 2010-11-22T12:01:00Z Operating without a filter, Susan carelessly breaches office etiquette, and her speech is laced with obscenities. Movie Review: ‘Price Check,’ a Comedy by Michael Walker 2012-11-16T01:05:39Z When the first lady’s portrait was unveiled in February, Sherald wasn’t quite ready for the searing scrutiny, for the casual obscenities with which people described her work, for the intensity of the racism. Perspective | Painting Michelle Obama brought Amy Sherald fame. Now, the artist wants to make works ‘to rest your eyes.’ 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Not long ago, the World Wide Web seemed like the wild, wild West, with Perez Hilton scrawling obscenities on people of note and Gawker spitting out blind items capable of ending careers and marriages. Websites Like Thought Catalog and Upworthy Aim to Uplift 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z This week, the Republican Party added the following line to its party platform: “Current laws on all forms of pornography and obscenity need to be vigorously enforced.” GOP, hands off my porn! 2012-09-02T01:00:00Z At least it appears so — this has been the obscenity case with nine lives. Sentencing in Bush-era porn prosecution 2013-01-16T23:25:00Z In just seven words, he refers to beating someone during a sexual act and uses an obscenity. Till family calls for meeting with Lil Wayne 2013-05-03T01:31:12Z They also quarrel a lot and insult one another noisily, in a style that would recall a pre-“Cheers,” 1970s sitcom except for all those obscenities and the haphazard taboo-flouting humor. Theater Review: ‘Bullet for Adolf,’ by Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman 2012-08-09T02:00:17Z The writers of these obscenities all seem to be men–not boys, not girls, and not women. This is what being a woman online is like: “I will be hunting down a chick [who] looks as close as possible to you” 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Afraid of prosecution for obscenity, Faber & Faber passed on “Ulysses,” but it published individual sections of Joyce’s “Work in Progress,” and then issued it in toto as “Finnegans Wake,” in 1939. The Unlikely History of Faber & Faber 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Some of the sex scenes in wealthy houses at Pompeii are just too pretty to be funny, their exquisite painting and expensive pigments signalling seduction rather than obscenity. The shock of the old: what the sculpture of Pan reveals about sex and the Romans 2013-03-23T16:49:06Z In October 1961, Mr. Bruce was arrested in San Francisco on obscenity charges. Lenny Bruce Is Still Talking Dirty and Influencing People 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z They yell obscenities, call him a “baby killer,” and tell him that, as an African-American man, he is responsible for the “genocide of black babies.” America’s abortion deserts: How the right turns back the clock on Roe 2014-01-16T12:44:00Z In summary, through the usual application of power, corruption and lies, the mob manage to both loosen obscenity laws and open up a series of brothels. The best TV episodes of 2017, from The Deuce to Line of Duty 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z In 1964, he was charged for violating obscenity laws after screening Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures at the Bowery theatre in New York. 'I was very angry' – the last interview with Jonas Mekas, godfather of avant garde film 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Its occasional mumbling about First Amendment rights seems more afterthought than agenda in this clumsy re-enactment of the film’s production, release and subsequent obscenity trials, which unfolds like a witless “Laugh-In” sketch. | 'The Deep Throat Sex Scandal': Trials Caused by a Pornographic Film Are Brought to Life 2010-10-11T21:13:00Z A screening of Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures and Jean Genet’s Un Chant D’Amour was busted under obscenity laws, one of several occasions when Mekas found himself proselytizing to a courtroom rather than his readership. Jonas Mekas: how a Lithuanian refugee redefined American cinema 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Soon enough, in an inspired bit of slapstick, these two are exchanging identical obscenities and facing off as hostile mirror images. Theater Review: ‘An Octoroon,’ a Slave-Era Tale at Soho Rep 2014-05-05T02:00:01Z This gleefully lowbrow evocation of a lost New York is so laden with obscenities and politically incorrect language that it’s hard to quote a meaningful line. Review: ‘A Room of My Own’ Recalls a Greenwich Village of 1979 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z While that case has resonated, with supporters rallying around the theater and critics rallying in support of the Russian Orthodox Church, the law banning obscenities has had a more concrete effect on theater and film. Russian Artists Face a Choice: Censor Themselves, or Else 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Put simply, the crux of the matter is whether the legal concept of obscenity, which has traditionally applied only to sexually explicit material, will be extended to cover depictions of violence. | Nier: Nier, a Game for Role-Playing Fathers 2010-05-03T22:00:00Z Prosecutors charged the participating Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati and its director with promoting obscenity — the nation's first art museum criminal trial arising from an exhibition's contents. How Robert Mapplethorpe went from America's pariah to America's sweetheart 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The closest thing that exists in China is coded references and puns that tweak official pronouncements or sound like obscenities. Jon Stewart's humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese 2013-05-20T06:39:58Z "It's sophomoric, filthy and disgusting," says Menken, letting loose a torrent of obscenities that are in the opening number, which are not in an "honorable" Disney tradition. Composer Alan Menken explains how 'Newsies' became a stage dynamo 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z In April 1964, he was arrested at the Cafe au Go Go in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, then convicted on obscenity charges and sentenced to four months in jail. Lenny Bruce Is Still Talking Dirty and Influencing People 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Rap songs are often full of obscenities, and that makes them ripe for parody: Parodists can enjoy the catchy tune without hearing any “problematic” lyrics. As a white parent, I solemnly swear to never do this 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z In the last several decades — from the overturning of some obscenity laws in the 1930s through the anti-authoritarian 1960s, to the growing influence of teen culture since the 1970s — the taboo on swearing has loosened. Don’t you f**king dare stop cursing: Why using swear words is natural and even healthy 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Four, who in the 1990s found themselves at the center of a cultural debate about art and obscenity after they were denied grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Review: Stranded. And Don’t Expect Help From Those Animals. 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z “The Most Dangerous Book” is, in fact, mainly about obscenity. Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ and obscenity viewed in page-turner style "It seems uncomfortably like an obscenity conviction," said the comic Frankie Boyle. Matthew Woods deserves support as much as airport tweeter Paul Chambers 2012-10-12T08:20:03Z What appeared from a distance as meticulous illustrations of flowers and paisley patterns were, on closer inspection, angry, vile strings of obscenities in repeating patterns. Tsang Kin-wah Channels His Outrage in a New Show 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z But overall it was good information, delivered with humor and flair and the occasional lively obscenity. Television: Anthony Bourdain?s ?Layover? on Travel Channel 2011-11-18T17:00:00Z Or, I read an Edwidge Danticat sentence in “Breath, Eyes, Memory” that carried so much emotion, with so few words, that I screamed an obscenity. Eddie Glaude Jr., an Expert on James Baldwin, Reveals His Favorite Baldwin Book 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z But in an e-mail sent after his interview Mr. Kennedy offered an apology “for any obscenities that may have slipped out due to technical difficulties from filming live.” Jamie Kennedy’s ‘First Night’ on New Year’s Eve 2013-01-06T22:48:18Z That hollered obscenity reminds you that where there’s a flask of olive oil, you also pray to find some vinegar. Books of The Times: ?Extra Virginity? by Tom Mueller; a Word on Olive Oil - Review 2011-12-07T21:50:14Z And yet, even as the Chinese government lets brothels and sex stores proliferate, it continues to wage its decades-long war against pornography and obscenity. China’s schizophrenic sexual revolution 2012-12-23T14:00:00Z In the next booth, two women are speaking in what Israel calls pure “Lawn Guylish,” spraying a sewer of invective and obscenities, noteworthy in that they are apparently schoolteachers. Rep. Steve Israel, finding the funny in Washington’s corridors of power 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z His sexist wisecracks, wise-guy sneers, and salesman’s banter are as colorful as his assaultive obscenities. “The Loudest Voice” Eviscerates Roger Ailes and Fox News 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Kenneth Feld says the TSA incident and a separate one, weeks after the shiva, are examples of his sister's pattern of "temper tantrums" in which she behaves unreasonably, yells obscenities and becomes extremely aggressive. Ringling heirs go to trial over bereavement fight 2011-05-05T16:01:09Z “The Scottish sky,” Moss writes, “is better at obscenity than any human voice.” ‘Summerwater’ Makes an Intimate Study of Social Class Out of a Long, Rainy Day 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Yet a closer look at Bauhaus and the German modernist architectural movement known as Neues Bauen, or New Objectivity, makes clear how little these movements had to do with the prefab obscenities of postwar modernism. On the Bauhaus Trail in Germany 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z “I hate my tongue right now. If I could pull it out, I would,” the Oscar-winning actress said near the end, her eyes watering after she yelled obscenities at a bottle of hot sauce. Celebs Will Say Anything if You Blast Them With Hot Sauce 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Scott Thomas, dolled up in a blond hairdo and slinky clothes, has wicked fun with her role, spitting obscenities at her son, his girlfriend and a hapless hotel clerk. Only God Forgives: A Red Light for Ryan Gosling 2013-05-22T18:15:59Z In his industry, Milch is well known for his writing style, which blends articulate grandeur with defiant obscenity, and for his appetites. David Milch Still Has Stories to Tell 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z In the countersuit, LaBelle's lawyers accuse King of being intoxicated, staggering around outside the terminal, screaming obscenities and trying to enter the singer's limousine. R&B diva LaBelle files countersuit in beating case 2011-06-28T22:02:23Z This line drew no shouted obscenities from the rafters. ‘He’s united the country in their universal disdain!’: Howard Schultz looks for love in Washington 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “But he’s also adroit with more leisurely horrors, like the snap-crackle-pop of the murderous shade flexing for the kill, or the slow animation of a sacklike scarecrow into a toothy obscenity.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Supernatural’ and ‘Annabelle: Creation’ 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z But the screenplay is chopped up into smutty sound bites constructed around the notion that casual obscenity delivered by respected actors of a certain age is hilarious. Movie Review: ‘The Big Wedding,’ a Farce With Keaton and De Niro 2013-04-26T00:06:16Z Ms. Stein noted that, unlike Lady Gaga — the totem to all female pop singers these days — Ms. Perry is not very threatening, obscenities and innuendo notwithstanding. Arts & Leisure Preview: Katy Perry, Pop Cartoon Sprung From the Playbook 2010-08-19T17:54:00Z He also worked on the law on obscenity and film censorship and advised the government on broadcast policy during his time at the Home Office. UK film board's top man retires 2012-07-05T10:28:22Z Anthony Comstock is best known for lending his name to the Comstock Act, the 1873 federal obscenity law that still makes obscenity a criminal act, unprotected to this day by the First Amendment. Utah and the war on porn: Our long national history of condemning “obscenity” as public enemy #1 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z It led to a 1957 obscenity trial that broke new ground for freedom of expression. Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z He began speaking in a mumble but the obscenity was clearly audible. Tom Hanks lets obscenity slip on ABC's 'GMA' 2012-10-19T16:12:10Z “If you showed her walking down the street, they would say that’s an obscenity.” Sexploitation Films, Short on Good Taste, Still Have Devotees 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z But the obscenity in the title and text makes it decidedly unworthy of a bedtime readaloud. Go the bleep to sleep, dad writes in bestseller 2011-05-16T17:23:08Z Even when it isn’t counterfeit, a $1,000 ticket is a needless obscenity. How to Birth a New American Theater 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z “You live in a community where you’ve been for 28 years, and all of a sudden you might be charged with the crime of pandering obscenity. And you’d hoped to stay in that community forever.” Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z He also calls the police on his own band, and when they storm the stage after one song to arrest Kip on obscenity charges, the Nasty Bits get a publicity bonanza. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1 Finale: As Confused as Ever 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z “Respect the family and back off,” he added, using obscenities to describe Ms. King in a video viewed more than a million times. Snoop Dogg Apologizes After Criticizing Gayle King Over Kobe Bryant Questions 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Italy is both a Catholic country and a robustly anticlerical one, but the whoops from the audience weren’t a reflex action to an ecclesiastical obscenity. Philomena at Venice: Reserve an Oscar for Judi Dench 2013-08-31T18:35:02Z According to evidence shared at trial, Mornyang became disruptive several hours into the 14-hour flight, and began to flail her arms and yell obscenities including racial slurs. United Airlines passenger facing up to 21 years for drunkenly assaulting flight attendant 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Mr Husain's career was marked by controversy when he was accused of obscenity and denounced by hardline Hindus for a painting of a nude goddess. Top India artist MF Husain dies 2011-06-09T18:14:09Z Lost to all reason, she wanted to encompass him with beautiful obscenities. Booker winner makes bad sex shortlist 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z It was accompanied by a series of statements in which Magritte poured scorn on patriotism and reveled in obscenity. Review | This is not the Magritte we know 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Officials seized it and charged Rosset with promoting "indecent and lascivious thoughts," a policy that dated back to obscenity legislation passed in the 1870s. First Amendment crusader Barney Rosset dies 2012-02-22T17:03:09Z It looks at the obscenity charges leveled by the British government against Oz, an underground journal that provoked outrage when it had 20 teenagers edit a special “School Kids Issue.” Was 1971 the Year ‘Music Changed Everything’? 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Behind us are blokes sneering obscenities, poking their fingers in our backs and yelping like dogs. There's a riot grrrl going on – a classic tour feature from the vaults 2013-01-09T13:10:35Z With "Beloved," she dared to expose not just the injustice of slavery, but the full spectrum of its obscenity. Perspective | Toni Morrison not only remade American literature, she challenged us to resist the tenacity of racism 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z People occasionally scrawl obscenities on stars they don’t like. Scene Stealers: Deciding Where Stars Go on Hollywood Walk of Fame 2012-11-16T21:57:02Z Armed only with her sustained ability to notice — the very engine of Cusk’s towering literary achievement — Faye neutralizes his obscenity: “I looked into his cruel, merry eyes, and I waited for him to stop.” Elusive leaps of grace and daring: Rachel Cusk's 'Kudos' 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The senator was displeased that he would not have the opportunity to stump on a show that he considered to be liberal obscenity. A museum canceled its Robert Mapplethorpe show — and decades later, it’s finally trying to make amends 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z The British lawyer who helped change that country’s obscenity laws with his defense of the D.H. Books: The National Book Award winners, Alexander Chee on his mentor Kit Reed and more 2017-11-18T05:00:00Z Ultimately, the book would put Ferlinghetti on trial for obscenity — and of course it would forever alter the landscape of poetry. Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti takes vivid shape in new books 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z It’s like the famous saying about obscenity: You know it when you see it. This ‘burger pervert’ turned a fetish into a following. Now, can he make it last? 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z In the mid-1980s, Ms. Taylor decided to put together a show that paid tribute to a woman renowned for racy sexual humor that relied on innuendo rather than obscenity. Clarice Taylor Dies at 93; TV?s Cosby Called her Mom 2011-06-03T03:30:22Z Mr. Ely’s garbled rendition of the lyrics were rumored to contain obscenities. Jack Ely, whose garbled version of ‘Louie Louie’ became a sensation, dies 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z But it caused such outrage that its male star, Harry Reems, was subsequently convicted of obscenity. Seyfried: 'Films should discuss sex' 2013-08-13T05:54:04Z Citizens lower their masks to scream obscenities at one another. ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ Review: No Sex, Please, We’re Romanian 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z In keeping with the festival’s freewheeling approach, several films carried titles with explicit or implied obscenities. Festival Films Have Minimalist Themes 2011-02-02T20:05:23Z He famously created “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” and, after a concert in Milwaukee in 1972, was arrested for obscenity. Fifteen years after 9/11, we can hear the only bit George Carlin ever cut for taste 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Sanger fled to Europe for a year to avoid a jail sentence on obscenity charges; she left her own two small children behind. The Pill’s Difficult Birth 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Itzin outlines a historical account of regulation, through obscenity law principally in Britain, and a powerful argument for regulating pornography rather than obscenity. Catherine Itzin obituary 2010-04-12T17:20:00Z The store survived an obscenity trial in 1957 after its publishing arm issued Allen Ginsberg’s revolutionary “Howl and Other Poems.” Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Close's performance is considered an "obscenity" and "all grim calculation masked as empathy." "Hillbilly Elegy" is "poverty-class cosplay" and "laughably bad" – reviews of Netflix's adaptations 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z A nearly nude woman with a giant bouffant and flower-adorned underwear performed a sultry dance with pink wings, while a contortionist spouted French obscenities. Partying Underground in Paris’s Secret Corners 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, he was a musician and performer, playing boogie-woogie and blues piano, doing comedy, writing songs that included devil-may-care obscenities. The strange, true tale of the naked bookseller 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The latter novel, an arresting portrait of Indonesia’s struggle for nationhood, delights in obscenity: no topic is spared from its bloodthirsty brand of satire. A Writer’s Haunting Trip Through the Horrors of Indonesian History 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z And right at that time arose the political controversy that enshrined him as a martyr to artistic freedom: a Congressional uproar over a traveling exhibition and then a grandstanding criminal obscenity case in Cincinnati. Has Robert Mapplethorpe’s Moment Passed? 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Today’s sentencing not only marks the end of this Bush-era holdover, but it also further illuminates judicial thinking on obscenity. Sentencing in Bush-era porn prosecution 2013-01-16T23:25:00Z The point is, of course, that if you removed the obscenity, there'd be nothing left to be funny about. Downton Abbey; Whites; DCI Banks: Aftermath; Inspector George Gently; Horizon 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z He would remain in and around the studio up through the broadcast, watching nervously from the control room to make sure no one let slip an obscenity. William G. Clotworthy, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Censor, Dies at 95 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Portrayed by Dieter Laser, Boss is a capering obscenity whose oft-protruding tongue deserves its own agent. Review: In ‘Human Centipede 3’ There’s No Humanity Left 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s a small but nagging flaw of this novel’s that Annie’s dialogue, coarse and uninterestingly obscenity strewn, makes her voice needlessly grating. Books of The Times: Chilling Abduction in Chevy Stevens?s ?Still Missing? 2010-07-04T21:49:00Z Condemned by some as child pornography, the image was removed from London's Tate Modern in October last year after police warned the gallery it might be breaking obscenity laws. Sanderson Jones offers us a picture of ourselves offended 2010-08-16T16:55:00Z “Ordinary men, capable of … extraordinary things,” he says, the actor Michael Cristofer drawing out the words into a blend of obscenity and admiration. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 3: This Is Your Brain on Drugs 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z He was tried in India for obscenity in his writing, but never convicted. 5 books and films that tell the story of the trauma of the Partition of India and its aftermath 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z A family member originally posted the video of the baby “gettin curbed” — being cursed at and encouraged to flip his middle finger and repeat obscenities. Swearing toddler video inspires terrible, racist response 2014-01-09T20:49:00Z In the funniest scene he coaxes Bertie to shout streams of obscenities. The Oscars: The Prince and the Uncommon Commoner 2010-12-31T18:57:13Z Before we go any further, it’s worth reviewing the legal definition of obscenity. GOP, hands off my porn! 2012-09-02T01:00:00Z Ms. Mann said Maude does not use obscenities when they argue but praised her daughter’s performance in that scene. Judd Apatow’s Life as Art in ‘This Is 40’ 2012-11-14T15:13:43Z Videos of the event showed the group shouting obscenities at the cops who formed a protective ring around the building. Democratic leaders called out for mollifying pro-Palestinian rioters at DNC headquarters 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z “Protesters claimed they want to keep children safe while pounding on walls, shouting obscenities and slurs toward my staff and library staff, and using strollers to blockade moving vehicles. The hypocrisy is astounding,” Horvath said. Protesters blockade San Fernando Library, shut down drag queen story event 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z He also mocked the sadness and loss Guttenberg feels and directed obscenities, slurs and disturbing insults to him and his daughter. California man gets year in prison for sending vile messages to father of gun massacre victim 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z “Like obscenity, one knows it when you see it.” A proposed gag order on Trump in his federal election case is putting the judge in a tricky position 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z District Judge Alan Albright issued a written order temporarily blocking the law, saying it "misses the mark on obscenity with a web of unconstitutionally vague requirements." Expert sounds alarm as Texas book bans grow: These efforts are “well-organized and well-funded” 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Montana law already protects minors from exposure to obscenities, the plaintiffs argued. Montana judge keeps in place a ban on enforcement of law restricting drag shows, drag reading events 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z According to officials, Mr Carson and his companion began to walk away after seeing the suspect kicking over parked scooters before he confronted them and began shouting obscenities. Police hunt suspect in murder of New York City activist 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Islamic groups have also complained about “Pathaan” over concerns about obscenity and religious misrepresentation. Meet Shah Rukh Khan: If you haven't heard of the Bollywood superstar, it's about time you did 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z “It’s under this guise of obscenity or protecting our children but that is not how we’ve seen it play out.” California lawmakers OK bill to fine school boards that ban books over race, LGBTQ+ issues 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z "There's a lot of profanity and an obscenity," she says, "so I have to be quite comfortable with that." Reading and Leeds: The interpreters performing songs for deaf fans at the festivals 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The state is not trying to establish a new obscenity standard in regulating drag performances, Assistant Attorney General Michael Russell said during arguments over the injunction. Montana judge keeps in place a ban on enforcement of law restricting drag shows, drag reading events 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The law, however, says that literature may be distributed as long as it is not offered for sale and is cleared first with the school principal eo ensure against libel, slander and obscenity. Clash as Unihi raises student rights issues 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z As she yanks Vasquez with her right arm, she punches the much smaller vendor with her left arm and screams obscenities before eventually stopping after about 15 seconds, according to the video. A woman is fired from her job after video of her attacking a Watts street vendor is seen by her boss 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z His biographer Suetonius, writing a few years after Tacitus, claimed Nero had “practiced every sort of obscenity,” from incest to murder. Ruins of Emperor Nero’s Theater Discovered near Vatican 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The “negative” interpretation of the First Amendment focuses on the ways American media is largely protected from government intervention and regulation—outside of exceptions such as obscenity, libel and infringement on intellectual property. Journalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Funded 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z "What Fox News allowed to be said on their air yesterday — and has so far failed to condemn — is an obscenity," he began. “Any other place, his career would be over”: Fox colleagues disgusted at Gutfeld’s "useful" Jews jab 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z “What Fox News allowed to be said on their air yesterday — and has so far failed to condemn — is an obscenity,” Andrew Bates, the White House deputy press secretary, said. White House condemns Fox News host’s comments on Holocaust 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Attempts have been made to cover it over, but some of the obscenities can still be read. Lebanon's tainted bank chief leaves an economy in tatters 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z She was accused of "conspiracy against national security, disrespecting Islam, propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and promoting corruption and obscenity" and sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison. Iranian female prisoners tell of filmed strip searches 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z India has told Netflix, Disney and other streaming services that their content should be independently reviewed for obscenity and violence before being shown online. Kenya's Ruto says further tax-hike protests will not be allowed 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z India has told Netflix, Disney and other streaming services that their content should be independently reviewed for obscenity and violence before being shown online. Romanian minister resigns after criticism in elderly abuse case 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z India has told Netflix, Disney and other streaming services that their content should be independently reviewed for obscenity and violence before being shown online. Heavy clashes heard in Sudanese city of Bahri as army tries to make gains 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Several community members spoke in support of the motion, including one man who directed a stream of obscenities at the sheriff. After jail deaths, supervisors ask LASD to give more warm clothes to inmates 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The viewer is soon overwhelmed by chaos and violence as troops shriek commands at one another and hurl grenades and obscenities at the enemy. Frontline videos offer grim, close-up view of Kyiv's counteroffensive 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z When that happened to me the other day, a garbage truck driver yelled obscenities at me. Rant & Rave: Biker doesn’t appreciate getting cursed at 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z "He is much more comfortable at his very luxurious golf club with his thumbs on a device tweeting obscenities about the sitting president," she added. "No choice but to protest": Trump warns of "potential doom of America" in Truth Social rant 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Justice Kagan acknowledged that “true threats,” like libel, incitement, obscenity and fighting words, are not protected by the First Amendment. Supreme Court Puts First Amendment Limits on Laws Banning Online Threats 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Judge Presnell’s ruling in favor of Hamburger Mary’s on Friday found that existing obscenity laws already gave the state the authority necessary to protect children. Judge Rules Against Florida Law Restricting Drag Shows 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z On any day, it is nearly impossible not to pass by someone yelling obscenities and epithets, fighting unseen demons. As Seattle suffers, the City Council dithers | Horsey cartoon 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z A White House transcript of the event also does not include the obscenity. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z He declared that while his men were dying due to the Defense Ministry’s failure to supply ammunition, a “happy granddad is thinking he’s doing well,” and then referred to that “granddad” with an obscenity. Infighting among Putin’s lieutenants seems to reveal signs of ‘deep dysfunction’ 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z At times, people shouted past each other, and small groups of pro-Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters squabbled, occasionally yelling obscenities at each other. Trump supporters cheer wildly as he arrives at Miami courthouse, while others protest 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z A near-brawl broke out just minutes before Trump’s arrival when a man stood in front of the crowd holding signs and wearing a suit covered with a two-word phrase calling the former president an obscenity. Trump will face judge in historic court appearance over charges he mishandled secret documents 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z "If you come a metre closer than allowed, they immediately start yelling obscenities. We're still allowed to go to the store, but we don't know what orders will be given next." Ukrainians weigh order to leave after dam breach, as Russian troops patrol 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z For the sake of civility, the Writers Guild contract should include a requirement that all writers must learn how to write scripts without using obscenities at every turn. Readers mourn the new LACMA and see the importance of writers in film and television 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z A 1957 theatrical showing of “Fireworks” and a 1964 showing of “Scorpio Rising,” which had come out the year before, led prosecutors to file obscenity charges against two men who exhibited the films. Kenneth Anger, leading figure in L.A.'s underground film scene, dies 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Prigozhin, a wealthy businessman with longtime links to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is known for his bluster — often spiced with obscenities — and has previously made unverifiable claims, some of which he later backtracked on. Russia’s Wagner boss says more than 20,000 of his troops died in Bakhmut battle 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Sean Penn called the studios’ stance on AI “a human obscenity.” France pension protest held on outskirts of Cannes Film Festival 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z On Friday, debate was briefly stopped when protesters in a chamber balcony stood and yelled obscenities at conservative lawmakers while throwing what appeared to be bloody tampons onto the floor. Nebraska expected to pass 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z CANNES, France — Sean Penn strongly backed the current Hollywood screenwriters strike while speaking at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, saying the dispute over artificial intelligence is “a human obscenity.” Sean Penn, backing WGA strike, says AI dispute is ‘a human obscenity’ at Cannes Film Festival 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z In addition to challenging obscenity laws with his films, Anger gained notoriety by writing “Hollywood Babylon,” first published in France in 1959. Kenneth Anger, leading figure in L.A.'s underground film scene, dies 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z In time, Beecher was exonerated in court and by his Congregational church elders, and the obscenity case against the sisters was dismissed. Column: Conservative attacks on abortion depend on a law that courts have snubbed for 100 years 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, the idea of obscenity in India even became the subject of an acclaimed off-Broadway play, Public Obscenities, which explores queer relationships in Kolkata. Delhi Metro: India's uneasy relation with public gestures of love 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The A.C.L.U. also posted a quiz asking readers to guess the seven obscenities. Echoes of History in New National Push to Shield Children Online 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The newbie Kraken fan base can be as paranoid as the three-decade-old Avalanche version with perceived slights — yelling obscenities at officials when one of their team’s players gets so much as breathed on. Drama-filled Kraken vs. Avalanche playoff series culminates with contentious Game 7 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z And in Wyoming, they tried to make certain library books “crimes of obscenity.” Zooey Zephyr row spotlights rise of GOP far-right caucuses 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Comstock’s main targets in drafting his law were obscenity and pornography. Column: Conservative attacks on abortion depend on a law that courts have snubbed for 100 years 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z That leads us right back to the Delhi Metro, where one person's PDA might well be public obscenity for another. Delhi Metro: India's uneasy relation with public gestures of love 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Scientific American spoke with Newitz about what history their research uncovered and how a 150-year-old obscenity law is being used to restrict abortion and reproductive rights in the 21st century. This 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Still Restricting People's Reproductive Rights 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Contacted for comment, Prigozhin replied with obscenities and said the reports about his involvement with a planned rebellion in Chad were “nonsense.” As Russians plot against Chad, concerns mount over important U.S. ally 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Mae West and two producers were jailed for 10 days on obscenity charges related to their play “Sex,” The Times reported on the front page 96 years ago today. Democrats’ Numbers Problem 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Almost immediately after the law’s passage, Comstock was appointed a special agent of the post office, which allowed him to step up his campaigns against obscenity and abortion. Column: Conservative attacks on abortion depend on a law that courts have snubbed for 100 years 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z The video and the criticism it received online have sparked a fierce debate around moral policing and public obscenity in the country. Delhi Metro: India's uneasy relation with public gestures of love 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z It was a law about obscenity: what could be said and what could be passed through the mail. This 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Still Restricting People's Reproductive Rights 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Its expansive definition of "obscenity" was also used to prosecute not just pornographers but booksellers and art dealers who sold classical paintings that featured nudity. Don't celebrate the latest abortion pill decision — it's an assault on all reproductive rights 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z After Ms. Gaines was barricaded, demonstrators outside the door continued to yell obscenities and slogans such as “trans women are women” and “trans rights are human rights,” as shown in the video. Riley Gaines says she was hit by activist, ambushed by pro-trans mob at San Francisco State 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Not all speech receives First Amendment protection, the court has found, including libel, obscenity and what are called fighting words. His obsessive online posts terrorized her. But were they illegal threats? 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z But the problem lies in the definition of obscenity itself. Delhi Metro: India's uneasy relation with public gestures of love 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z He was extreme for his time, but at a certain point, he managed to connect with the New York City YMCA, which was also against what they were referring to as “obscenity.” This 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Still Restricting People's Reproductive Rights 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z “They shouted obscenities, disparaged Heartbeat’s staff, volunteers, and supporters, and leafletted the venue with propaganda hoping to dissuade women from using Heartbeat’s services,” said the complaint. Florida sues Jane’s Revenge activists over attacks on pro-life pregnancy center 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Kids swear — “a--hat,” “s---,” “oh my God” and one very quotable line that ends in a cutoff obscenity — and there’s a bit of teen romance. What to watch with your kids: ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ and more 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Culture war conflict came to a head in the 1980s and 1990s, with Senate hearings over the perceived dangers of heavy metal music and obscenity in rap music. Sociology scholars: Tennessee’s drag ban rehashes old culture war narratives 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Yet McNally then pointed to his support of “traditional marriage” and support of bills that “keep obscenity out of the public sphere.” GOP leader ‘pausing’ social media after liking LGBTQ posts 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z He then used a series of obscenities to describe Crosetto and to urge him to pay attention to his own country. Italy blames surge in migration on Russia's Wagner group 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Republican legislators appear to have written the law to try to avoid running afoul of the First Amendment by treating drag shows as if they meet the legal definition of obscenity. Legal expert: Tennessee’s law limiting drag performances likely violates the First Amendment 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Since its enactment during the Grant administration, the law has been mitigated by various rulings on commerce, obscenity and abortion — particularly the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. In the mail?: Pro-life, pro-choice advocates turn attention to FDA’s abortion pill plan 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z A couple in Singapore who shared risqué content with subscribers online were convicted of violating nudity and obscenity laws and fined $17,000. Your Monday Briefing 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z They were convicted of violating nudity and obscenity laws and fined $17,000. Your Monday Briefing: China’s Post-Covid Economic Goal 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed Senate Bill 3 into law Thursday without fanfare after signaling his support earlier, saying it was important to ensure that children were not “potentially exposed to sexualized entertainment, to obscenity.” Tennessee becomes first state to ban youth exposure to adult-themed drag shows 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Speech, including expressive conduct, that meets the Supreme Court's criteria for obscenity is not covered by First Amendment protection. Legal expert: Tennessee’s law limiting drag performances likely violates the First Amendment 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z But other Republicans say the law would not broadly affect drag shows that are legal under Tennessee's existing laws on obscenity. Governor who dressed in drag backs Tennessee anti-drag bill 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z “Children that are potentially exposed to sexualized entertainment, to obscenity, and we need to make sure that they’re not.” Photo surfaces as Tennessee governor vows to sign anti-drag bill 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Lee said the drag bill, which comes into effect April 1, would protect children from being "potentially exposed to sexualized entertainment, to obscenity." Tennessee governor will sign bills restricting drag, transgender youth treatment 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The British prime minister responded with an obscenity directed at Putin: “That f---ing c---.” Oral history: Leaders recall dismay, fury on first day of war in Ukraine But Tennessee's new law insinuates that drag performances might be part of a category of speech exempt from the First Amendment protection: legally defined obscenity. Legal expert: Tennessee’s law limiting drag performances likely violates the First Amendment 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z They lob mortars - and obscenities - then make a quick getaway, to avoid being targeted themselves. Ukraine war: Vuhledar, the mining town Russia wants to take 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The “family” edition of Shakespeare that he and his sister created, methodically stripping out the faintest trace of “profaneness or obscenity,” was for a while the best-selling edition of the Bard’s works. Opinion | Why it’s wrong to rewrite Roald Dahl’s children’s books 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Civil rights groups and drag performers have noted that Tennessee, like other states, already bans obscenity in front of minors, and call the restrictions unconstitutional, vague and redundant. Tennessee governor will sign bills restricting drag, transgender youth treatment 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Performers and civil rights groups have condemned the proposed drag regulations, saying they are unconstitutional, redundant under existing obscenity laws, and would lead to further harassment and violence against gay and transgender people. Tennessee takes lead in Republican effort to restrict drag shows 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z And current Supreme Court precedent makes it highly unlikely that all the expressive conduct Tennessee seeks to regulate falls into the narrow legal category of obscenity. Legal expert: Tennessee’s law limiting drag performances likely violates the First Amendment 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z There are exceptions for libel, incitement, obscenity and fighting words, and one for “true threats,” which is at issue in Mr. Counterman’s case. When Do Creepy Facebook Messages Cross a Constitutional Line? 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Still, he doesn’t think Parkland’s deputy, who is facing criminal charges for his inaction, would have gone in with a vest and rifle, calling him an obscenity. 5 years after Parkland, families cope through good works 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Instead, the legislation would expand the definition of adult cabaret in Tennessee’s law to include that such “adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors,” as defined in Tennessee’s obscenity law. Bill that would restrict drag shows passes Tennessee Senate 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z |
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