After reading the Lord-Quigley Code it becomes clear to me that the government and the church seemed to disapprove of anything that anybody might find offensive. From the beginning of the code it assumes that everyone will look at something the same way, and that everybody would be affected the same way by offensive material as it states in the first section “Art can be morally evil in its effects. This is the case clearly enough with unclean art , indecent books, suggestive drama. The effect on the lives of men and women is obvious.” (Black, 303). Another part of the code that caught my eye was it seemed to have a overly religious message, not only does it frequently refer to what proper morals should be it also it attempts to ban extreme violence and sexual situations which it states is “out of regard for the sanctity of marriage and the home.” ( Black, 307). Shortly after this it mentions that both pure and impure love which it seems to imply is love outside marriage should be avoided and should not be made attractive or the subject. To me this seems more then a little unreasonable since with all the restrictions it places on violence, sex, costume, etc it would be impossible to difficult make a good movie without including these actions or making them look morally wrong. I also feel like it would be difficult to avoid many of these things completely because of the vague nature of the code.
In sections IX-XII of particular applications the section locations mentions that there are some places that too closely associated with sexual life to e shown it never mentions directly what these places are, but the bedroom could very well be one them. This has a direct connection to Scarface since when Tony bring Poppy into his bedroom he shows her and invites her to sit on his bed and she excited with Tony. Later after Tony kills Lovo he runs into Poppy’s bedroom in the middle of the night and her to come with him. In section X it mentions that not specific country or people should ever be insulted in any film. On the subject of titles for movies it mentions that any title must conform to ethical practices in regards to Scarface, the title was one of the ways the director used to make it clear to the Hays Office that the movie did not glorify gangsters by changing the title from simply Scarface and adding The Shame of the Nation to it. Section XII is perhaps one of the vaguest sections of the code even compared to the other sections it mentions that while repellant subjects may be necessary they should never offend good taste.
