Censor's Views
"DOPULAR film censor Gordon Mirams,"’ a newspaper described him not long ago; and I thought at the time that a neat satire might be made about a country where the film censor is so public and so respected. This was less than fair both to New Zealand and to Mr. Mirams, as I knew at the time and as his talks in the Sunday National
Programme have confirmed. All the same, it is logical enough that it should have been in this paternal state that the film censor has moved furthest away from being only a forbidding person, as Mr. Mirams put it, towards ‘the role of friendly guide, a sort of Dr. Turbott of the films. I was still confused about the exact significance of the symbols he is now using, and was glad to hear him sort them out, and as the success of the experiment depends on everyone understanding it I hope he had as many listeners as he deserved and that the talks will be repeated from the ZBs. But I couldn’t help a frivolous wish that he would interpret his job as State Film Reviewer even more generously. What about "Suitable for Intellectuals," "Unsuitable for Members of the W.C.T.U.’?
R.D.
McE.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 917, 8 March 1957, Page 14
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208Censor's Views New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 917, 8 March 1957, Page 14
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