• xantoxis@lemmy.world
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      • Fair + maiden

      “Neither” means

      • not fair (because she’s black); this would probably not be an issue for censors
      • not a maiden (because she’s had sex); they might not have liked this one.
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        Oh interesting, I took neither to mean not fair because she doesn’t fight fair and not maiden because she doesn’t want to be treated that way by him. I actually didn’t know maiden was tied to sex at all 🤔

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          Yeah it’s the literal meaning but not many people use it that way. I’m not surprised the censors let this one slide, even if it was in the script they wouldn’t have got it.

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        Nah. You could always at least reference fucking as long as you didn’t use the word “fucking.” Now if she had insinuated that she farted, that would have been immediately barred. Farts couldn’t even be referenced.

        Source: George Carlin

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          the mamas and the papas got into a lot of trouble when their album cover showed a BRACE YOURSELF WARNING toilet

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          Yeah IDK I’m not a 1960’s censor so I kinda think maybe they wouldn’t care either way.

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        Im betting the “not fair” would still have been an issue as it draws attention to race, which was pretty taboo at the time.

        Her and Shatners kiss was the first interracial kiss on television, and it caused all sorts of issues.