Truth, Beauty & The New York Times
January, 1988
The price of prudery is eternal vigilance. For years, we've marveled at the lengths to which television censors will go to protect viewers from what the censors consider disturbing images. For example, you will never hear the sound of a toilet flushing on TV or see sweat in a deodorant commercial or see toilet paper next to the toilet.As for relationships between the sexes, forget real life. Ralph Daniels,a censor at NBC, recently told The Wall Street Journal that he had to put a tooth-paste com...
