Judith Iscariot attempts to save Brian
The actress who played Judith Iscariot in Monty Python’s Life of Brian became the mayor of Aberystwyth this year. And in one of those quirks of fate, it turns out that the film has been banned in this particular seaside resort for the past 30 years.
Not surprisingly, Sue Jones-Davies (for it is she) is seeking to overturn the ban.
It appears that the ban was recommended back in 1979 by a committee made up of church leaders and, once the fuss had died down, no-one in the council’s licensing department remembered it was in place. But it’s always useful to remind ourselves where pandering to religious sensitivities leads - doubly so as Aberystwyth was where I spent my student years.
Found at Pharyngula
Tuesday 22 Jul 2008 | Paul | Censorship and Freedom of Speech, Random film talk, Religion
