Censorship
The film didn't want to portray Claude Frollo as he was in the original novel due to him being a Roman Catholic and the villain of the story. So, instead of being the villain, he is a good archdeacon, and his brother Jehan is the villain. This also was changed in the 1939 version of the story.
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Famous quotes containing the word censorship:
“... censorship often boils down to some male judges getting to read a lot of dirty books—with one hand.”
—Robin Morgan (b. 1941)
“The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they’re doing and saying in films right now just shouldn’t be allowed. There’s no dignity anymore and I think that’s very important.”
—Mae West (1892–1980)