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More Good dramatised account of the Robert Mapplethorpe obscenity trial, when a Cincinnati art museum director was taken court for displaying a Mapplethorpe exhibition.
Well-balanced in terms of allowing characters who oppose the pictures to have their opinions heard, but this makes a compelling case for freedom of expression and defending free speech.
Film makes good use of Mapplethorpe's pictures to illustrate the freedom of speech point being made without seeming sensationalist.
James Woods great as always, and another reminder of how sad it is he has gone alt-right batsh*t crazy.
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