Movies that "challenged" the Miller Test.
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Movies that "challenged" the Miller Test.
What movies have been the subject of controversy over obscenity? Have there been any that could be deemed offensive according to the Miller Test?
Please refrain from silly answers.
Please refrain from silly answers.
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Since the OP wants for some reason to keep the "Miller Test" secret, here it is for those that don't know:
Most mainstream movies meet criteria #3. A lot meet criteria #1. Very few meet #2.
The Miller test is the United States Supreme Court's test for determining whether speech or expression can be labelled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited.
The Miller test was developed in the 1973 case Miller v. California. It has three parts:
1.) Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest,
2.) Whether the work depicts/describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law,
3.)Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
The Miller test was developed in the 1973 case Miller v. California. It has three parts:
1.) Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest,
2.) Whether the work depicts/describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law,
3.)Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
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Originally posted by Rich Sawyer
I figured if people didn't know, they wouldn't respond if I asked nicely.
I figured if people didn't know, they wouldn't respond if I asked nicely.
Thanks Groucho.
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There haven't been any movies that I can recall that have ever come under the scrutiny of the Miller test, the more memorable cases of the Miller test being applied to the arts are all music, aren't they?
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Re: Movies that "challenged" the Miller Test.
Originally posted by Rich Sawyer
What movies have been the subject of controversy over obscenity? Have there been any that could be deemed offensive according to the Miller Test?
Please refrain from silly answers.
What movies have been the subject of controversy over obscenity? Have there been any that could be deemed offensive according to the Miller Test?
Please refrain from silly answers.
someone learned a new term in film class
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After downing 12 Millers, I found The Sound of Music to be obscene & morally repugnant...
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...sorry, your thread was too much for my silly answer will-power.
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...sorry, your thread was too much for my silly answer will-power.
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Originally posted by Jaymole
After downing 12 Millers, I found The Sound of Music to be obscene & morally repugnant...
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...sorry, your thread was too much for my silly answer will-power.
After downing 12 Millers, I found The Sound of Music to be obscene & morally repugnant...
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...sorry, your thread was too much for my silly answer will-power.
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Originally posted by DVD Josh
I mean hell, if XXX movies can be released, then I can't imagine anything that would fail the Miller test.
I mean hell, if XXX movies can be released, then I can't imagine anything that would fail the Miller test.