Welcome back, bright-eyed ingenues! On this episode, we’re heading straight to Tinseltown, where everyone’s dreams come true, particularly one man’s dream to ruin everyone else’s good time.
Ginger gives an Oscar-award winning performance as she tells us about Will Hays, former chairman of the Republic National Convention, eventual president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, and forever known as the Movie Morals Czar. His reign included wagging his finger, ruining careers, and hating everything fun. We’re talking censorship, we’re talking miscegenation, we’re talking homophobia; it’s all here, folks! Grab your popcorn and join in!
Self Care Plan
- Curse. According to Mythbusters, screaming profanity has been shown to have pain-relieving benefits. Have at it!
Citations
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_H._Hays
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_Code
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Will-H-Hays
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/will-h-hays
- http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/592022/
- http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/will-h-hays/
- https://indianapublicmedia.org/momentofindianahistory/hollywoods-moral-compass/
- https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93301189
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