Re: Tin Drum

[Betty Hamilton <bhamilt@tenet.edu>]

janice kowalski-kelly wrote:
> My dad was telling me about a spot on tv on 1/4/98 regarding the banning of the 
>Tin Drum from libraries and video rental stores somewhere in  Oklahoma.

It was on either 60 Minutes or Dateline (one of the Sunday night
hour-long magazine shows). I think the banning began in one town
(Tulsa?). The last portion of the segment said that the judge's ruling
is being examined by a higher court and may be overuled as
unconstitutional.

The thing that shocked me was that the police got the rental list from
the television store (Blockbuster? -- don't remember which one) and went
to the HOMES of individuals who had rented the movie and took it from
them. The owner/manager of the store said he did not want to give the
police the rental list, but the person asking for it said he (store
person) had two choices: give them the list or be taken from the store
under arrest. Scary!

Although the movie would not have been one that particularly interests
me (it was made in the 70s), I'm sure demand for it will *boom* now! It
*did* seem to have some inappropriate scenes (according to MY
judgement). The scenes were not fully shown because the tv journalist
said television rules would not allow them to be shown. One could assume
then that the scenes were pretty graphic if they were more than what is
currently scene on television.

The confiscating of the list of rentals still sends shivers down my
back, though!

Betty

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