:42:01
Oh, thank you.
:42:04
Now, I was wondering if, by any
chance, you'd seen a film called...
:42:10
The Naked Nymphomaniac?
:42:13
That's the one.
:42:15
Now, you probably didn't even notice
I wasn't there.
:42:19
- I noticed.
- Oh, you did?
:42:22
Well.
:42:24
Well,
:42:26
I wonder if you found anything
unpleasant in the picture.
:42:32
First of all, I see no reason
to overturn the lower court.
:42:36
Anyone who'd seen that film
:42:37
would realize that
The Naked Nymphomaniac
:42:39
is a total offense
against the public sensibility.
:42:42
It's sickening, degrading, disgusting...
:42:46
My, my, my, my, my, my.
:42:49
As bad as all that?
:42:53
I wonder if you can put your finger
:42:55
on exactly what it was
that offended you?
:42:58
Was it the title?
:42:59
Some particular word
in the title? "Naked", is that it?
:43:03
What if they called it
The Fully Clothed Nymphomaniac?
:43:08
Or maybe it was the other word
that bothered you?
:43:11
"Nymphomaniac".
:43:14
Supposing they called it
The Naked Methodist?
:43:16
Or The Naked Daughter
of the American Revolution?
:43:20
Are you finished?
:43:21
Madame Just-ess, I am a long way
from being finished,
:43:25
but I'll pause briefly, in case
there's something you'd like to say.
:43:30
Thank you.
:43:38
Let me ask you something.
:43:40
Would you call a female governor
a governess?
:43:44
Is a woman composer
a composeress? No.
:43:47
And her sex
is entirely beside the point.
:43:49
And a justice of the Supreme Court
is a justice, not Madame Just-ess.
:43:56
Now, Mr. Justice, I submit that we
are failing in our duty on this court