The Scandalized Martians
David Fry wanted to make an epic movie in the realistic school. The trouble was, his ideas wouldn't pass the censors—here or anyplace else!
David Fry was a realist. And also slightly crazy. Maybe that helped in this buggy business but David Fry overdid it. I want her nude, he screamed. Naked.
Impossible, I informed him as calmly as I could.
Naked, he bellowed.
The Breen office won't allow it and you know it.
I defy them. Those radicals! It'll be my most realistic picture. A milestone in film making.
It won't get the seal of approval.
So what? I don't need it.
Every state will ban it.
Nevada won't ban it.
Besides, you couldn't get Harriet Desmond to strut around in the raw.
Oh, no?