Everyone is familiar with the concept of specific songs having a “clean version”. They often are played during the day to make sure kids don’t hear the “bad” words and it’s something which we feel is normal. But what if that was applied to movies, that would be a bit weirder. Some movies are edited when shown on TV (I can still remember the BBC broadcasting Coming to America and Samuel L. Jackson saying “Forget you!” when he’s trying to rob the restaurant instead of the F word), but it’s something that doesn’t happen a lot. But what if you aren’t allowed to view imagery which could impact you negatively because of your religion? You would like to watch the latest movies, but you never know what kind of imagery they contain. It would mean a huge risk. Continue reading →