10 'Hilarious' Movie Moments That Would Get Banned Now

4. Me So Solly: Breakfast At Tiffanys

Rooney's performance as Mr. Yunioshi in this Truman Capote adaptation epitomized Hollywood's cartoonish approach to the Japanese. In fairness director Blake Edwards and star Mickey Rooney said sorry for letting this happen back in 1961. A welcome apology, but the damage had already been done. The racism had been as casually deployed as an item of wardrobe, Rooney's big glasses and buck teeth thrown into the mix like they were a big hat or polka dot bikini. Debate still rages today as to whether the movie should be shown, in much the same way objections are raised to the likes of D.W. Griffiths' Birth Of A Nation. Yes there's Audrey Hepburn looking impossibly glamorous and we got Moon River out of it. Though is it worth upsetting viewers for the sake of a pleasant couple of hours? The jury's still out. Live and let live, or cut Rooney from the picture altogether in a bizarre CGI experiment? The ages will decide... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC5RtcypOqE