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In a protest against censorship in film, photographer Whitey Schafer staged this iconic photograph in 1934 violating as many rules of the Hayes Code as possible in one shot. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[โ€“] Kefla@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think my favorite thing about this picture is that the shot had to include a tommy gun and a pointed gun, but having the character point the tommy gun? Too easy, too predictable. Just have the tommy gun posed atop the dead cop. How did it get there? Dunno, guess our murderous sexy femme fatale put it there, for fun lmao

[โ€“] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

it looks like the tommy gun got photoshopped on top by a panicky subordinate about to turn it in as they read the last line