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From: ags@pucc-i (Seaman)
Newsgroups: net.movies,net.tv
Subject: Censorship again (Last Tango in Paris)
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Date: Mon, 14-May-84 22:37:43 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 14 22:37:43 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 17-May-84 03:07:40 EDT
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I watched "Last Tango in Paris" on the Bravo cable network the other night.
The film was introduced by Alexander Scourby, who assured us that we would
be seeing the uncut original theatrical release.

It just wasn't so, folks.  It had been a long time, but I KNOW some scenes
were cut.  The legendary "butter" scene was there (sort of), but a large
"ornament" was strategically placed over the center part of the picture.
Other scenes didn't make much sense at all, because of references to deleted
scenes.

What confuses me about this is that I have seen other scenes on Bravo that
were just as explicit as the ones that were cut from "Last Tango."  I believe
this film was rated X when it came out in 1972, but the original release would
very likely get an R today.

Who dunnit?  If Bravo did it, I doubt that they would have come right out and
lied about it.  They probably just didn't know what they had.  Besides, I
doubt that they would have the necessary equipment to doctor a scene, rather
than cutting it out entirely.

Questions:

  Has anyone seen a similarly altered "Last Tango" in a theatre?

  Has anyone seen the uncut version within the last five years or so?
-- 

Dave Seaman
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"Against people who give vent to their loquacity 
by extraneous bombastic circumlocution."