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PRESS: Did you have the same kind of problems with the censor board in Hong Kong as you have had with "Hard Target...
Daumier's work does not only focus on the king: other government officials were also the artist's targets. The drawing "D'Argout" exaggerates the long nose of its subject, the chief censor. Beneath the image is a coat of arms featuring the nose and a pair of scissors, which represent the office of censor. This common practice of embellishing one aspect of a person's features is known as "portrait charge...
When most people hear lyrics like these from the hit song One Less Bitch by the rap group N.W.A., they either blush, cringe or call for the censor. But when Bryan Turner hears the song, he can almost hear the cash register ringing. Turner, 36, is co-founder of Priority Records, the label that has carried N.W.A. (Niggers with Attitude) and other "gangsta" rappers. Formed eight years ago, Priority has built a financial fortune and a reputation as the music industry's House of Raunchy...
Wrapping himself in the flag and the First Amendment, Turner adamantly refuses to censor his rappers. Says he: "Where do I get off telling people what they can say?" Actually, even Turner has his limits. He refused to publish a rap group whose songs advocate gang violence. Still, he leaps at the chance to sign up other controversial acts. Now, having conquered the rap world, Turner says he is ready for his next foray -- into hard-rock music -- which may be fertile ground for an infusion of controversy...
...required academic credential. For CCR, which claims to champion civil rights, to endorse her candidacy reflects utter hypocrisy. No civil right is more important than free speech, and few are more precious than the equal protection of the law. Only Orwellian doublespeak can justify granting a bigoted censor tenure under the guise of promoting civil rights. Who will CCR support for tenure next? Leonard Jeffries? Hans Bader Second-Year Law Student