When the Siver Screen Turns Red: Opinions on Movie Violence : ‘Batman the killer is not a hero for our times...’
Even Benson would agree that anyone who would regard Jack Nicholson’s Joker as a role model was a disturbed individual before he ever walked into the theater.
In the finest tradition of the Rev. Donald Wildmon, “Tipper” Gore and Terry Rakolta, Benson wants to shelter the plebeian masses from material that she deems unsuitable for their unsophisticated sensibilities.
JIM JECKEWICZ
Northridge
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