I’ve noticed that American movies from the 1940s or 50s have their content “toned down” when it comes to depictions of sex or violence, even in romance where the lead characters kiss (they pause every 3 seconds) with zero nudity except maybe a bra & crime or noir flicks always involving the protagonist/s winning (like the narrative shows police must be victorious rather than admitting defeat towards criminals) to list a few.
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Just some background on this: America is prudish compared to Europe largely due to the influence of protestant morality, which takes quite a dim view of sexuality. Of course, Christianity in general has fucked up takes on sexuality and there isn´t anything in Protestant’s sexphobia that can’t be directly linked to a Catholic author, but it seems in the past few hundred years Catholics aren´t quite as drenched in shame and censorship.