Poetry and prejudice: "Howl" cast links beatnik obscenity trial to Prop. 8 | StarTribune.com:
Park City, Utah
By Colin Covert
"The Sundance premiere “Howl” may be based on a 53-year-old First Amendment case, but its stars say it raises issues that are still burning today. James Franco plays embattled beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg and Jon Hamm portrays defense lawyer Jake Erlich. Ehrlich, the person fictional attorney Perry Mason was based on, defended Ginsberg’s publisher from obscenity charges for selling the ribald epic, whose homosexual references and antiestablishment tone outraged Eisenhower era moralizers. The film's vibrant animation of passages from 'Howl' turns Ginsberg's challenging language into handsome, trippy imagery."
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