Word: censorable
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...contradition between the words of one high government official and the actions of another is only one of the ironies of this inexplicable blunder. The most implausible aspect is the identity of the would-be censor: Edward R. Murrow. During his 25 years as a radio and television news commentator Murrow consistently up-held the principles of freedom of information. When some of his programs were criticized on the grounds that they portrayed the U.S. in an unfavorable light, he replied--quite correctly--that the faults as well as the virtues of the country must be exposed if other nations...
...girls (Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss) play it safe, and though they miss their fun they get their men. The third (Yvette Mimieux) plays "backseat bingo" and in the last reel finds herself all smashed up by an automobile. Not very subtle, but it squares the censor...
Guignard's Stations of the Cross paintings had to pass a difficult test, approval by Padre Guilherme Schubert, censor of sacred art for the Catholic Church in Rio. The artist and some of his friends fed the good father an excellent lunch of antipasto and steak, and followed him, wringing their hands, as he walked past the pictures. Schubert, who believes that it is necessary to "police modernists," disapproved of Guignard's skyscraper cross, spear-bearing soldiers ("creatures from Mars") and the bloodied imprint of Christ's visage on Veronica's cloth ("a beheaded mule"). Then...
...where he has taught since 1927. He is the father of two children, including a son, Larry M. Johnson '61, now in Winthrop. He has spent the week as a guest of Winthrop House under the Ford Foundation Program and has given a public lecture on "Satire and the Censor," as well as an informal discussion before the Winthrop House Seminar...
...talk, "Satire and the Censor," Johnson defined "censor" as the forces that stand between a satirical work and its acceptance. Thus, political parties, social conventions, and even the writer's personal loyalties are censors...