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THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF HOLLYWOOD
foreign land showing native life if such scenes are a necessary and integral part of a motion picture depicting exclusively such land and native life, provided that no such scenes shall be intrinsically objectionable nor made a part of any motion picture produced in any studio, and provided further that no emphasis shall be made in any scenes of the customs or garb of such natives or in the exploitation thereof.
Liquor
The use of liquor should never be excessively presented. In scenes from American life, the necessities of plot and proper characterisation alone justify its use. And in this case it should be shown with moderation.
Sex
Out of regard for the sanctity of marriage and the home, the triangle — that is, the love of a third party for one already married — needs careful handling. The treatment should not throw sympathy against marriage as an institution.
Scenes of passion must be treated with an honest acknowledgment of human nature and its normal reactions. Many scenes cannot be presented without arousing dangerous emotions on the part of the immature, the young or the criminal classes.
Even within the limits of pure love certain facts have been universally regarded by lawmakers as outside the limits of safe presentation.
In the case of impure love, the love which society has always regarded as wrong and which has been banned by divine law, the following are important :
(i) Impure love must not be presented as attractive and beautiful.
(2) It must not be the subject of comedy or farce or treated as material for laughter.
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