Cyber Warfare, Sony Pictures & Censorship | National Catholic Reporter

Cyber Warfare, Sony Pictures & Censorship | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Breen, the Legion of Decency and some within the Church loved having power over Hollywood.  Frankly, government standards would not have been so bad (although they can be as venal as the Catholic Church - for example in policing vulgar language (although profanity - Oh G_d, has always seemed OK) and the nipple on the Big Game (calling it by name is considered a copyright violation at times).  The government seeks to avoid problems while the Church wants to look powerful.  It is good that censorship is over, even though movies are a bit raunchier than they sometimes need to be (no one needs to ever see as much of Cedric the Entertainer as we did in Top Five - even if it was burlesque).  As for the Rogan Film, its still on schedule where I work, so I would not put all this hype about Korean Hackers into the serious threat box - it could all be a stunt.  The other option, of course, is that its a bad movie and this is an excuse to shelve it - although once the President said anything, the term staged comes to mind.  This says nothing about Obama save that he has a sense of humor.  Still, an April 1st opening would be a nice indicator that this is all fake, but I am unwilling to go for headlines and use that as my lead.