The censors came down pretty hard on Alfred Hitchcock for "Psycho."Not necessarily for the violence, Janet Leigh in her bra and then Leigh in the shower getting stabbed (although there was some issue with the signature shower scene).
No, what hung up the censors was Leigh in the Bates Motel bathroom flushing the ripped piece of paper down the toilet. Furthermore, it was insane to put a toilet in a film, more or less the sound of it flushing. Hitchcock, again, breaking down barriers in filmmaking.
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