My Beautiful Laundrette--because of the homosexuality. The review
committee retained the video.
One of the assistant directors exercised "collection development" and
removed all copies of an Ice-T video before they hit the shelves.
Technically, not a removal of materials, since they had not yet been added
to the collection (but they had been purchased. This was at the time of a near riot in Miami, and this
person felt that the "kill the cops" rhetoric was too inflamatory.
YOur list is a good overall snapshot of what infames "local community
standards".
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Donald Chauncey chaunceyd@seflink.seflin.org
Miami-Dade Public Library 305 375-5191 voice
101 W. Flagler Street 305 375-3048 fax
Miami, FL 33130
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