Sentences with phrase «pandering obscenity»

When it was later shown at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, director Dennis Barrie was arrested and charged with pandering obscenity — a charge of which he was acquitted.

After videotaping the evidence --- Mapplethorpe's X Portfolio, a 1978 series that includes pictures of gay sadomasochistic scenarios --- police charged the museum and its director, Dennis Barrie, with pandering obscenity.

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In the end, this is just an absurd actioner, neither realistic nor relevant enough to take seriously as social commentary, save to realize just how much pandering of obscenity Hollywood will engage in by constantly trying to cater to a niche audience that likes amoral entertainment.