I read a few pages of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Ronald Dahl and stopped after reading the racially insensitive name given to the Chinese prime minister
Each episode of weird history is generally only 15 minutes tops so to name them all in that time would be difficult. Maybe they’ll make a part two. They’ve done it for some others vids.
It only works if the reader can read. Knowing what A word is does not mean a person can understand a bunch of words strung together into a sentence. Not everyone can get this far and understand what I wrote, even if they can identify some of these words.
A person can decide that they don't want to read a certain book. They can decide that they don't want their child to read that book. But they can't decide that an entire school or entire town can't read that book.
Agreed, but I think the problem is that the school doesn't give them that choice. They just hand out the books to the entire class, and if the parent doesn't want their kid to read it, too bad.
I find it interesting that Gloria Steinem found the book of American Psycho misogynistic only for her own step-son to play the main character in the film version.
I love how you mentioned prison in the first 30 seconds. As a former DOC inmate, the rules on what books get through are ridiculous. If you have a family member send you a book and DOC rejects it, the prison review board sends you a letter explaining the reason. Game of Thrones was rejected because it had incest in it - big surprise there. The Philippa Gregory books were rejected because of “sexual content” and yet somehow they allowed all of these urban books in that had explicit sex scenes on every other page. And then the worst was when my brother sent me a book about Saint Patrick - DOC rejected it because they said it depicted “child trafficking.” - Patrick was sold into slavery to the druids when he was a kid in the 3rd Century! I just wondered who the small minds were that were in charge of the project…but needless to say, they didn’t want us to elevate ourselves, which is why they wanted people to just keep reading crappy mystery and urban books.
To Kill a Mockingbird and Lord of the Flies were both required reading at my school. We also watched the film for both after reading each book. TKaM is still one of my favorites from school and i made sure to grab a copy when i saw it in a used bookstore. Gregory Peck is still an incredible Atticus
@@nickc247 That's a shame. Our high school lit class studied" To Kill . . ." uncensored. However, they weren't brave enough to have us read "Lord of the Flies"
To Kill a Mockingbird is still one of my favorite books. I had to read it for 7th grade English (at a private school, gasp!) and fell in love with the characters and story.
When people say To Kill a Mockingbird is their favorite book, I can't help but wonder if they're revealing that the only books they've read are those they were forced to read in middle-school.
_Slaughterhouse-Five_ was such a trip. Definitely a book that's worth a reread as an adult, his idea of being "unstuck" in time is such a cool framing device and it gives you SO MUCH to think about. "So it goes. . ."
I bought and read "Peyton Place" when I was 19 years old in 1961 because it was banned in many libraries, some states and several countries. including Canada. for being obscene. I wasn't impressed. I wouldn't have purchased it if it hadn't been banned.
I have absolutely no problem with prisons banning certain books from their libraries. I have some problem with schools banning books. But for the general public, anything written should be available to any adult wishing to read it. Except, maybe, books on how to build bombs and the like.
Lets not forget Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis. The book is brilliant. And to my mind, To Kill a Mockingbird is the Great American Novel and is one of my favorite movies.
1. To Kill a Mockingbird 2. The Color Purple 3. Lord of the Flies 4. Carrie 5. Slaughterhouse-Five 6. Sophie's Choice 7. Gone With the Wind 8. Are You There God? It's Me Margaret 9. A Clockwork Orange 10. American Psycho 11. Brokeback Mountain 12. The Kite Runner 13. A Wrinkle in Time
Half of these books were on the required reading list at my New Zealand high school. Americans are weird about books, seeing difficult stories as some kind of threat rather than a social good.
Like... To Kill A Mockingbird contains "offensive language" because that's the way white people spoke to/of black people back then- and sometimes even today. The real world is OFTEN inappropriate, and entirely sheltering children from difficult stories in education just alienates the kids who experience those stories IRL from those who do not... they have to know it happens to understand why it's wrong.
I took a class in college comparing books and their movie adaptation. Quite the list to pick from! I really like "A Clockwork Orange", "Carrie", "To Kill A Mockingbird". Others not on your list include "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Iron Weed" (I live in Albany, New York, so it was a local thing)and "The Great Gatsby", which I saw three different movie versions of. I always enjoy seeing similarities and differences between book and film adaptation...
I've read about 90% of these books and seem maybe 50% of the movies. And although not all of them were my cuppa tea, I'm sure glad I had the freedom to make that decision on my own. I can see age restriction, possibly, but it sure seems like we have a whole bunch of "big" kids who are easily hurt nowadays, because they grew up in bubbles of protection. Sticks and stones for those of you who know. I don't know if they allow children to hear that rhyme anymore.
I know its a tad pedantic, but your using of percents makes it sound like you read all but a tenth of each book and have only watched half of each movie. Why not just say most and half?
Another classic (some say the greatest Modern novel) James Joyce's "Ulysses" was banned almost everywhere for a while. And yes, believe it or not there is a movie based on the book and it can be seen on YT.
Most of these are absurd to ban in schools but I can see the arguments about A Clock Work Orange and American Psycho. If you haven’t read them, the films look like TV-G compared to the actual books. I remember having to actually stop for a few seconds at times in American Psycho and just wait for a few seconds before going on because certain moments were beyond f***ed up.
This needs a part two... 1984 by George Orwell which was adapted into film and TV movies numerous times. As well as Animal Farm, which was an animated feature film and a TV movie that was live-action with CGI Babe-style. ("That'll do, pig. That'll do.) Crash by JG Ballard, adapted by writer/director David Cronenberg as well as Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs and also adapted by David Cronenberg. Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom by The Marquis De Sade and adapted by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was possibly murdered for making the film. Well, he was actually murdered but it's not entirely proven it was for making the movie or for political reasons or possibly both. To be fair, I can't really blame Weird History for not bringing that up. If you know, you know... Honorable Mention: Battle Royale by Koushon Takami, which was never technically banned despite the best efforts of the Japanese Parliament towards the novel and the film.
Totally agree. There needs to be a part 2. I mean, it’ll be impossible for Weird History to do a video that mentions *every* banned book that later became a movie, but there are others out there that were huge commercial successes that should’ve at least gotten an honorable mention: Harry Potter, 50 Shades of Grey, Da Vinci Code, etc. The publicity from banning these books (as mentioned in this video) only made people want to read them more.
He was murdered by one of the boys he paid to have sex with. Maybe the conspiracies are true. Maybe they aren't----it could be that the boy just killed him for personal reasons.
I think books with any kind sexual abuse in the plot shouldn't be a mandatory read in high schools. An option? Sure! Sadly, a lot of young women get abused in their teen years and books like these are extremely hard to read when you're going through the emotional roller coaster of growing up on top of having a reminder of your abuse plastered in front of your face for weeks. It feels horrible to go through!
it's depressing to know that mentioning a natural biological function like menstruation can get a book banned. that first period is such a traumatizing thing, especially when you aren't allowed to talk about it with anyone. i wonder if social media bans any mention of it, too. 🤔
If you haven't read any of these books or seen the films, but you want to (BY YOUR OWN CHOICE), I'd suggest you do so...while you can. More bans may be forthcoming.
Same, I’ve been on a Vonnegut reading spree ever since. I’m astounded I wasn’t introduced to his work until adulthood. Well…almost. If my local library doesn’t have it, I can always find a copy at a used bookstore.
To Kill a Mockingbird had a Broadway adaptation that hit the road last summer with Richard Thomas (John Boy Walton) playing Atticus Finch. Saw it for my bday.
Puberty Blues (1979) by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette. film in 1982 wile calls for bans and censorship of the book where in full swing and a TV series in 2012-214 (17 eps over two seasons) the book is still controversial to this day and even it's censored productions still cop heat from the "Concerned Citizens" and parents.
It's weird to me that when I started seeing images/memes online for American Psycho, I thought it was from some movie I never saw in the '80s or '90s because I was too young (even though I had seen plenty of violent/sexualized movies as a kid, it was the 80s). Turns out it was from 2000? When I was in my 20s? I guess I just missed ALL the advertising and movie posters about it at the time.
The problem with Lord of the Flies is that the novel is a lie. The true story about six boys that survived alone on the island isn't violent as in the novel. The real boys live to this very day, so as the captain that saved them. The author that wrote the novel was an alcoholic with mental problems. These discoveries were made by a Danish researcher recently.
1:58 The book The Color Purple is an example of an epistolary, it is a novel told through written letters. It's such a great book, whenever I think of an epstolary I think of it first! Also, December 7th is National Letter Writing Day (my birthday).
1. loved to "to kill a mockingbird"!!! lord of the flies, i was excited about and let down bc the teacher wanted us to "analyze" why they did what they did. im not good at that/. 2.if schools dont want it on their shelves, dont publicize removing it. i bet most kids would never learn of it. once they hear its "banned" for some reason, theyre going to go looking for it at least i would...just to see why i shouldnt be allowed to read it ...PLUS, teachers want kids reading more ....right?
1A is first for a reason. Its the most critical to a free society. Its there to protect the awful speech not just the kind stuff. People are ruined for "hate" speech. That does as much damage as book bans
I have no idea of the title of the movie that was used in the thumbnail but i actors!. Im Canadian and i remember watching it on tv late at night. All i remember of it was the scene were they booked a hotel and the kid was secretly smoking in bed, i remeber thinking at the time that that was so cool lol.
1984 and animal a required reading when I was taught by the military system when I was part of the overseas program. Required.....I had to read those.....every....single...year.... I was taught there. And it was because I was living, in Germany, about the neo-fascist cold war. 64 here, I got the lesson of the original, loud and clear. And yet, the neo, fascists now want us to forget the cold war.
I only read a few of these and I can't say I liked any of them. A Wrinkle in Time would be the only one I didn't hate. I can't say I thought Lord of the Flies should be banned, but I will say I hated it. I saw Clockwork Orange and when I went to look at the book, he used future Russian based slang. Basically I found it unread able. My dad took me to see it, it was one of the two movies he took me to because I was underage to get into an "X" rated movie. I did not like either of them, but Clockwork Orange was understandably banned. I don't even remember the other movie's name, that's how forgettable the movie was.
Wait, they actually banned To Kill A Mockingbird? I remember my high school teacher reading out chapters of it in class and finding funny replacements for some of the more “problematic” words in the book.
We read the book and watched the movie in school. I didn't pay attention though because I thought it was boring. Flash forward 20 or so years I watched it again and I loved it.
What's the problem with menstruation? It has nothing to do with sexual subjects and girls as young as nine, or younger, get it. It is a part of most girl's childhood. Is there anything sexual about a nine year old? Do you this fearfulness and disgust about something nearly 50% of the population gets helps anyone? Victorians and puritans should be a thing of the past.
@@caronstout354 Interesting your last name is Stout. That is a recognizeable name in my area but I think this is the first time I have ever seen it outside that area.
@@munchcat I'm not American. But my country also says that we have the freedom to express ourselves liberally-not true either. Political correctness rules this entire planet.
Having ANOTHER Weird History drink! Drinking a can of BLACK CHERRY SHASTA*†...while watching this Weird History video! It's the Unofficial Pop of Libraries! * From the Weird History video "How Shasta Gets Away With Imitating Coke" † It's a bold claim...
Not enough research. "Forever Amber" banned in 1940 later made into a costume drama film. "The Diary of Ann Frank", now being banned was a play, a movie. "Lady Chatterly's Lover" was banned for years. Later made into a semi porno film. "Tropic of Cancer" was banned when it was first published and later made into an interesting film. "Fanny Hill" was published in 1748 and was banned until the early 60s. Also made into a sort of porn film. "Ulysses" by James Joyce was banned until the 1930s. Made into several films although the book is still hard to read.
Fahrenheit 451 is feeling left out as are Lolita, 1984, Catch 22, Lady Chatterley’s Lover and many many more.
Three of those are on my shelf ❤
I read a few pages of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Ronald Dahl and stopped after reading the racially insensitive name given to the Chinese prime minister
Yeah, good call... Lolita even had two different versions. So that's twice spurned.
Each episode of weird history is generally only 15 minutes tops so to name them all in that time would be difficult. Maybe they’ll make a part two. They’ve done it for some others vids.
Literature is a safe place to process hard truths.
Finding out the Lord of the Flies book I read was the "edited for America" version kinda pisses me off....processing that hard truth is....hard
You have said the actual truth.
@@jonathanfeldheim6554”freedom of speech” is really going far!
It only works if the reader can read. Knowing what A word is does not mean a person can understand a bunch of words strung together into a sentence. Not everyone can get this far and understand what I wrote, even if they can identify some of these words.
Ten thousand likes for that sentence.
A person can decide that they don't want to read a certain book.
They can decide that they don't want their child to read that book.
But they can't decide that an entire school or entire town can't read that book.
Agreed, but I think the problem is that the school doesn't give them that choice. They just hand out the books to the entire class, and if the parent doesn't want their kid to read it, too bad.
I find it interesting that Gloria Steinem found the book of American Psycho misogynistic only for her own step-son to play the main character in the film version.
And directed by a woman 😂
If the lead character is a misogynist then probably the movie will depict misogyny. She may be stating the obvious.
I love how you mentioned prison in the first 30 seconds. As a former DOC inmate, the rules on what books get through are ridiculous. If you have a family member send you a book and DOC rejects it, the prison review board sends you a letter explaining the reason. Game of Thrones was rejected because it had incest in it - big surprise there. The Philippa Gregory books were rejected because of “sexual content” and yet somehow they allowed all of these urban books in that had explicit sex scenes on every other page.
And then the worst was when my brother sent me a book about Saint Patrick - DOC rejected it because they said it depicted “child trafficking.” - Patrick was sold into slavery to the druids when he was a kid in the 3rd Century!
I just wondered who the small minds were that were in charge of the project…but needless to say, they didn’t want us to elevate ourselves, which is why they wanted people to just keep reading crappy mystery and urban books.
To Kill a Mockingbird and Lord of the Flies were both required reading at my school. We also watched the film for both after reading each book.
TKaM is still one of my favorites from school and i made sure to grab a copy when i saw it in a used bookstore. Gregory Peck is still an incredible Atticus
Most of the versions you read in modern high schools are edited versions with many of the graphic parts cut out.
@@nickc247 That's a shame. Our high school lit class studied" To Kill . . ." uncensored. However, they weren't brave enough to have us read "Lord of the Flies"
Same here in Canada
Same we read first in public school 7th grade then latter in private school of 60 kids(willow hill) super engaging
"Incredible" means unbelievable.
I will never be done being exasperated by people who think that if a thing isn't discussed then it didn't happen.
To Kill a Mockingbird is still one of my favorite books. I had to read it for 7th grade English (at a private school, gasp!) and fell in love with the characters and story.
Same! It impacted me in a big way.
When people say To Kill a Mockingbird is their favorite book, I can't help but wonder if they're revealing that the only books they've read are those they were forced to read in middle-school.
_Slaughterhouse-Five_ was such a trip. Definitely a book that's worth a reread as an adult, his idea of being "unstuck" in time is such a cool framing device and it gives you SO MUCH to think about.
"So it goes. . ."
I bought and read "Peyton Place" when I was 19 years old in 1961 because it was banned in many libraries, some states and several countries. including Canada. for being obscene. I wasn't impressed. I wouldn't have purchased it if it hadn't been banned.
To Kill A Mockingbird is a classic…the movie and the book.
The way he says "the pig's blood prom scene" so cheerily 😂
The pinnacle of every prom 😂
I have absolutely no problem with prisons banning certain books from their libraries. I have some problem with schools banning books. But for the general public, anything written should be available to any adult wishing to read it.
Except, maybe, books on how to build bombs and the like.
So you ban only what you feel should be banned.. ok😂
@@Dave-bj3pq What would you ban?
Lets not forget Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis. The book is brilliant. And to my mind, To Kill a Mockingbird is the Great American Novel and is one of my favorite movies.
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Color Purple
3. Lord of the Flies
4. Carrie
5. Slaughterhouse-Five
6. Sophie's Choice
7. Gone With the Wind
8. Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
9. A Clockwork Orange
10. American Psycho
11. Brokeback Mountain
12. The Kite Runner
13. A Wrinkle in Time
Half of these books were on the required reading list at my New Zealand high school. Americans are weird about books, seeing difficult stories as some kind of threat rather than a social good.
Like... To Kill A Mockingbird contains "offensive language" because that's the way white people spoke to/of black people back then- and sometimes even today. The real world is OFTEN inappropriate, and entirely sheltering children from difficult stories in education just alienates the kids who experience those stories IRL from those who do not... they have to know it happens to understand why it's wrong.
I took a class in college comparing books and their movie adaptation. Quite the list to pick from! I really like "A Clockwork Orange", "Carrie", "To Kill A Mockingbird". Others not on your list include "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Iron Weed" (I live in Albany, New York, so it was a local thing)and "The Great Gatsby", which I saw three different movie versions of. I always enjoy seeing similarities and differences between book and film adaptation...
Every adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" has been considered inadequate---even at the time of its release.
I've read about 90% of these books and seem maybe 50% of the movies. And although not all of them were my cuppa tea, I'm sure glad I had the freedom to make that decision on my own. I can see age restriction, possibly, but it sure seems like we have a whole bunch of "big" kids who are easily hurt nowadays, because they grew up in bubbles of protection. Sticks and stones for those of you who know. I don't know if they allow children to hear that rhyme anymore.
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I know its a tad pedantic, but your using of percents makes it sound like you read all but a tenth of each book and have only watched half of each movie. Why not just say most and half?
@@uosdwisrdewoh418 I don't know sorry to let you down
Another classic (some say the greatest Modern novel) James Joyce's "Ulysses" was banned almost everywhere for a while. And yes, believe it or not there is a movie based on the book and it can be seen on YT.
Most of these are absurd to ban in schools but I can see the arguments about A Clock Work Orange and American Psycho. If you haven’t read them, the films look like TV-G compared to the actual books. I remember having to actually stop for a few seconds at times in American Psycho and just wait for a few seconds before going on because certain moments were beyond f***ed up.
This needs a part two...
1984 by George Orwell which was adapted into film and TV movies numerous times. As well as Animal Farm, which was an animated feature film and a TV movie that was live-action with CGI Babe-style. ("That'll do, pig. That'll do.)
Crash by JG Ballard, adapted by writer/director David Cronenberg as well as Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs and also adapted by David Cronenberg.
Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom by The Marquis De Sade and adapted by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was possibly murdered for making the film. Well, he was actually murdered but it's not entirely proven it was for making the movie or for political reasons or possibly both. To be fair, I can't really blame Weird History for not bringing that up. If you know, you know...
Honorable Mention: Battle Royale by Koushon Takami, which was never technically banned despite the best efforts of the Japanese Parliament towards the novel and the film.
Totally agree. There needs to be a part 2. I mean, it’ll be impossible for Weird History to do a video that mentions *every* banned book that later became a movie, but there are others out there that were huge commercial successes that should’ve at least gotten an honorable mention: Harry Potter, 50 Shades of Grey, Da Vinci Code, etc. The publicity from banning these books (as mentioned in this video) only made people want to read them more.
He was murdered by one of the boys he paid to have sex with. Maybe the conspiracies are true. Maybe they aren't----it could be that the boy just killed him for personal reasons.
Love these vids w fun narrator guy 👍🏼
Please don't take books away from children. That's messed up. Children should read.
Very good subject. Thanks alot.
I still remember the days of having to read To Kill A Mockingbird in school
I think books with any kind sexual abuse in the plot shouldn't be a mandatory read in high schools. An option? Sure! Sadly, a lot of young women get abused in their teen years and books like these are extremely hard to read when you're going through the emotional roller coaster of growing up on top of having a reminder of your abuse plastered in front of your face for weeks. It feels horrible to go through!
The simpsons did a lord of the flies episode too.
Like thier version better!
it's depressing to know that mentioning a natural biological function like menstruation can get a book banned.
that first period is such a traumatizing thing, especially when you aren't allowed to talk about it with anyone.
i wonder if social media bans any mention of it, too. 🤔
4:45 "Slaughterhouse-Five" was the subject of a significant scene in the film Footloose.
Clever narrator.
RIP Robert Muldoon! 🎉 whoop whoop!
Thanks for that addition I appreciated that.
If you haven't read any of these books or seen the films, but you want to (BY YOUR OWN CHOICE), I'd suggest you do so...while you can. More bans may be forthcoming.
Gee, thanks for the warning 🙄
I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it.
I love it when books get banned… it makes more people want to read them
To kill a kockingbird was required reading in the 80s
Those who banned these books were a bunch of emotional wimps
Slaughterhouse 5 was the book that introduced me to Kurt Vonnegut. My understanding of science fiction was completely upended.
Same, I’ve been on a Vonnegut reading spree ever since. I’m astounded I wasn’t introduced to his work until adulthood. Well…almost. If my local library doesn’t have it, I can always find a copy at a used bookstore.
0:40 The Lovely Bones is an awesome book and film combo!
To Kill a Mockingbird had a Broadway adaptation that hit the road last summer with Richard Thomas (John Boy Walton) playing Atticus Finch. Saw it for my bday.
Forgot the 1500+ other books Florida and Texas have banned in recent years.
Because they both have Christofascist governors that pander to the ultra right wing base & their idol, Trump.
Because Republicans love getting triggered easily lol
The modern Wrinkle in the Time movie, it looks horrible haha
Yeah the narrators said it had “mixed reviews” and “lost money at the box office” aka should have said it was “a big flop!”
Both versions were awful...
How many people have read Fifty Shades trilogy - has that been banned? Double standards 🙄
Weren't they called "mommy porn" when they were published?
Another masterpiece upload from an incredible channel, thank you ❤
Puberty Blues (1979) by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette. film in 1982 wile calls for bans and censorship of the book where in full swing and a TV series in 2012-214 (17 eps over two seasons) the book is still controversial to this day and even it's censored productions still cop heat from the "Concerned Citizens" and parents.
I sure wish this narrator would just do all the videos again he makes the videos very interesting
I love this narrator, he really makes this channel 👌
It's weird to me that when I started seeing images/memes online for American Psycho, I thought it was from some movie I never saw in the '80s or '90s because I was too young (even though I had seen plenty of violent/sexualized movies as a kid, it was the 80s).
Turns out it was from 2000? When I was in my 20s? I guess I just missed ALL the advertising and movie posters about it at the time.
Weirdly same. I really thought it was an early 90’s movie.
Yes , yes , the Voice is here 🎉😊👍🏼!
Gone with the wind is one of my favourite movies of all time
What a great topic. There was never a time in history when the good guys banned books.
Books banned because of "menstruation"? You mean that thing that HALF OF HUMANITY DOES?
8:51 Malcolm McDowell nailed the role of Alex DeLarge in the film A Clockwork Orange!
He really helped to make that another Stanley Kubrick classic!
The problem with Lord of the Flies is that the novel is a lie. The true story about six boys that survived alone on the island isn't violent as in the novel. The real boys live to this very day, so as the captain that saved them. The author that wrote the novel was an alcoholic with mental problems. These discoveries were made by a Danish researcher recently.
5:42 A "Sophie's choice" is the choice between two unbearable options.
The movie To Kill a Mockingbird did not include the old neighbor woman who was addicted to morphine
1:58 The book The Color Purple is an example of an epistolary, it is a novel told through written letters.
It's such a great book, whenever I think of an epstolary I think of it first!
Also, December 7th is National Letter Writing Day (my birthday).
To kill a Mockingbird should never be banned
Florida is still banning all of these books
false
Because Meatball Ron loves getting triggered
Sophomore English for To Kill a Mockingbird? I read that in the 7th grade!
Me: I'm not a fan of reading. There's too many words, no pictures, and it takes too long.
*authority figures ban books*
Me: I LOVE READING!!!
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Harry Potter films.
Are you there, Satan? It's me, Madison.
I dont know but i dont think whatever was on the thumbnail, was even covered🤔
1. loved to "to kill a mockingbird"!!! lord of the flies, i was excited about and let down bc the teacher wanted us to "analyze" why they did what they did. im not good at that/.
2.if schools dont want it on their shelves, dont publicize removing it. i bet most kids would never learn of it.
once they hear its "banned" for some reason, theyre going to go looking for it
at least i would...just to see why i shouldnt be allowed to read it
...PLUS, teachers want kids reading more ....right?
1A is first for a reason. Its the most critical to a free society. Its there to protect the awful speech not just the kind stuff. People are ruined for "hate" speech. That does as much damage as book bans
you should make a full-length video on the kent state shootings. never been more relevant than this moment
I honestly wish I'd been able to read some of these in my 11th grade English class. I was instead subjected to the dystopian snore fest know as Feed.
If you can't afford to buy books, do use your local libraries. You won't regret it. ❤
How many times has the Harry Potter franchise been challenged for depicting magic or witchcraft?
Where did the bow and arrow originate?
any book ban no matter what is a violation of the 1st amendment (applies only to local governments, state and federal, not privet institutions though)
I must of read Are You There God, it's me Margaret a hundred times when I was going through puberty.
I have no idea of the title of the movie that was used in the thumbnail but i actors!. Im Canadian and i remember watching it on tv late at night. All i remember of it was the scene were they booked a hotel and the kid was secretly smoking in bed, i remeber thinking at the time that that was so cool lol.
Part 2 needed
You can buy these books anywhere in the USA - not banned at all. But saying they were makes them alluring. 😂
A+ video!
LOVE IT! What an amazing topic and video, such great books and films!
Sind alles etablierte klassiker. Mit "banned" ist auch nur gemeint, dass einzelne schulen es nicht als offizielle lektüre verwenden.
3:49 Bob Peck.
That Meryl Streep is such a phony!
Remember folks, "land of the free"
1984 and animal a required reading when I was taught by the military system when I was part of the overseas program. Required.....I had to read those.....every....single...year.... I was taught there. And it was because I was living, in Germany, about the neo-fascist cold war. 64 here, I got the lesson of the original, loud and clear. And yet, the neo, fascists now want us to forget the cold war.
I only read a few of these and I can't say I liked any of them. A Wrinkle in Time would be the only one I didn't hate. I can't say I thought Lord of the Flies should be banned, but I will say I hated it. I saw Clockwork Orange and when I went to look at the book, he used future Russian based slang. Basically I found it unread able. My dad took me to see it, it was one of the two movies he took me to because I was underage to get into an "X" rated movie. I did not like either of them, but Clockwork Orange was understandably banned. I don't even remember the other movie's name, that's how forgettable the movie was.
What fixed your voice?? Was it the neti pot or the honey in your tea? Glad you’re feeling better!
Wait, they actually banned To Kill A Mockingbird? I remember my high school teacher reading out chapters of it in class and finding funny replacements for some of the more “problematic” words in the book.
We read the book and watched the movie in school. I didn't pay attention though because I thought it was boring. Flash forward 20 or so years I watched it again and I loved it.
I wonder if Hollywood will ever do Mein Kampf or 200 Years Together :)
What's the problem with menstruation? It has nothing to do with sexual subjects and girls as young as nine, or younger, get it. It is a part of most girl's childhood. Is there anything sexual about a nine year old? Do you this fearfulness and disgust about something nearly 50% of the population gets helps anyone? Victorians and puritans should be a thing of the past.
6:31 Vivien Leigh nailed the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind, such a legendary performance!
Imagine how much pressure was put on her, a fledgling actress, basically carrying this huge and expensive film on her shoulders.
6:12 That is the exact same Sophie's Choice book I read!
Golden compass
4:46 The book Slaughterhouse-Five was part of a scene in the film Footloose (1984)!
The film is as strange as the 📖
@@caronstout354 Interesting your last name is Stout. That is a recognizeable name in my area but I think this is the first time I have ever seen it outside that area.
Ah, yes. The land of the free 🙄
We ❤ weird history!
So there is no freedom of speech.
You might want to look up breakdowns of what the first amendment actually protects. There are some great videos right here on TH-cam.
@@munchcat I'm not American. But my country also says that we have the freedom to express ourselves liberally-not true either. Political correctness rules this entire planet.
The struggle is real.. and ongoing.
Read banned books
Having ANOTHER Weird History drink!
Drinking a can of BLACK CHERRY SHASTA*†...while watching this Weird History video!
It's the Unofficial Pop of Libraries!
* From the Weird History video "How Shasta Gets Away With Imitating Coke"
† It's a bold claim...
12:11 A Wrinkle in Time is a great book!
That has been a popular fantasy book for a long time!
Yet some of the sexually explicit books being put in school libraries are just fine.
Imagine taking all the racial slurs out of Alex Hayley’s Roots?
Jokes on you I don't know how to read
Not enough research. "Forever Amber" banned in 1940 later made into a costume drama film. "The Diary of Ann Frank", now being banned was a play, a movie. "Lady Chatterly's Lover" was banned for years. Later made into a semi porno film. "Tropic of Cancer" was banned when it was first published and later made into an interesting film. "Fanny Hill" was published in 1748 and was banned until the early 60s. Also made into a sort of porn film. "Ulysses" by James Joyce was banned until the 1930s. Made into several films although the book is still hard to read.
Sophie choice excellent movie
Catcher in the rye should be, it's terrible. Don't get why it's a classic, HAD to read it for school.
I was also disappointed too gosh.