Hear No Evil: Music Censorship

Part I of Essay
The debate over censorship in music has gone on for centuries. From the Catholic Church’s disapproval of Gaetano Donizetti’s 19th century opera (Oliver 40) to the refusal to show Elvis’s gyrating hips on television in the 1950’s (Nuzum 12), the problem has always loomed i ....

Part II of Essay
.... be able to take into account the ways that both groups use appeals to manipulate the audience to take their stance. One of the founding debates over censorship in music was the Parent Music Resource Center (PMRC) Congressional hearings on September 19, 1985. The PMRC is a Washington women’s group that informs parents about violent or obscene music. The group was founded in 1985 by Tipper Gore, along with three other women (Stolder 30). Mrs. Gore left the PMRC in 1993 (Gowen 20) and Barbara Wyatt currently holds the office of PMRC presi ....