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Summary Of The People Vs Larry Flynt

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The People vs. Larry Flynt
Introduction- Summary of the Film In Milos Foreman’s 1996 film, The People vs. Larry Flynt, pornography pioneer Larry Flynt, played by Woody Harrelson, forms a magazine that is considered to be a spoof against social morality and its taboo subject matter. Flynt’s Hustler magazine becomes a big ticket item but also riles up people who consider themselves socially conservative. The film then transitions through the whirlwind ride that Flynt goes through trying to maintain his innocence while fighting legal charges. Also, while fighting the charges, he becomes paraplegic after an attempt on his life and suffers through drug problems, his wife’s poor health, and Flynt’s own mental issues.
What is the Freedom of Speech Issue? The issue seen in the case of Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988) began when Hustler, a pornography magazine, created a spoof of right-wing televangelist Jerry Falwell. The spoof stated that Falwell’s first sexual experience was with his mother and described her as immoral due to her promiscuity (Tedford & Herbeck, 124-125). When this parody was seen, Falwell sued stating that he had been defamed by Flynt’s magazine and experienced a case of psychological suffering due to the spoof (Tedford & Herbeck, 125).

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Falwell did not seem harmful. I state this because there have been several other parodies of public figures, whether it has been in comic books, political cartoons, or stand-up sketch comedies like on Saturday Night Live or Mad TV. I state this because these comedic forms of media spoof these people all the time and I have not seen any civil lawsuits against these types of spoofs, such as sketch shows, is a huge reason that the spoof of Jerry Falwell did not cause harm to regular

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