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		stevenwoo 40 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cultural decline of literary fiction Don't have to go back that far :) - the author mentions Portnoy's Complaint (1969) which contains the big sight gags for the raunchy comedies Something About Mary(1998) and American Pie(1999).

rsynnott 39 days ago [–]

Also Ulysses, of course; it was essentially banned in most English-speaking countries for a decade or so after publication, on grounds of obscenity.

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