"The profusion of brutality, cruelty, torture, sadism and every kind of violence in our movies constitutes a very serious social problem."
- Dr. Fredric Wertham
Does the above quote sound familiar? In 1968, Dr. Fredric Wertham was still at it. After his crusade against comic books led to the Comics Code authority and the virtual dismantling of the industry, he turned his attention to other targets of opportunity.
In this article from the film review magazine TAKE ONE (May-June 1968), he sets his sights on violence in the cinema. His rhetoric hasn't changed much from the last decade-and-a-half, but this time he was firing blanks as his outcry along with that of other critics largely fell on deaf ears.
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