Culture Shock: The Series

The Culture Shock series explores both the acclaim and the outrage that have greeted the arts over the centuries. This forums invites discussion of the films and the cases examined in the films.

Born to Trouble: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn discusses the travails of Mark Twain's most famous novel, a book praised as a masterpiece of American literature, but attacked in its own era and in ours.

The Shock of the Nude: Manet's Olympia examines Edouard Manet's classic 1865 painting -- one example of a work of art that enraged audiences on first display but is now considered a masterpiece.

Hollywood Censored: Movies, Morality & the Production Code takes on violence and sex in the films, challenged from the beginning of the film industry to the present day.

The Devil's Music: 1920s Jazz considers jazz and the opposition it encountered in the early years of the 20th century.

Born to Trouble: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Shock of the Nude: Manet's Olympia
Hollywood Censored: Movies, Morality & the Production Code
The Devil's Music: 1920s Jazz