Book banning has been a familiar part of the educational landscape in the twentieth century, and even such literary masterpieces as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice have not escaped the censor's wrath for their allegedly racist views. ... The ratings may be evidence of Hollywood's sensitivity to its moral obligations to all audiences, but the effectiveness of the system depends, in the final analysis, on the good-faith efforts of both theater managements in enforcing the code and parents in maintaining an interest in their children'...

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