THE BANNED LIST
Sir,-I see that Cole Porter’s lyrics for four of the songs out of the musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate! have been deemed too risqué for New Zealand listeners, and have been placed on the banned list by the Broadcasting Service. *= From what I know of Porter’s work and from the fact that the show itself (plus the offending numbers) is popular both with critics and public in England -not to speak of America-I imagine that our fiper susceptibilities would not suffer too acutely from contact with them. But since tfe censorship seems to think so, I fail to see how two current hits-"Come on'a my house" and "If you’ve got the money, I’ve got the time"--have escaped its vigilant notice. Their implications do not deserve the description "risqué," admittedly. "Lewd" would be more in order,
E.
B.
(Herne Bay),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 666, 10 April 1952, Page 5
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142THE BANNED LIST New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 666, 10 April 1952, Page 5
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