"I also enjoyed the movie "Ulysses" which came out in the mid-60s.

About 1968, a friend of mine who was a grad student in English [dissertation on Randall Jarrell] came by my house with a story...as soon as he could quit laughing.

He had just come from his mother's house where a drama had unfolded. (paraphrased, and a pale imitation of how Tony told it)

His mother had asked him: "Tony, have you heard about this movie playing downtown, by 'James Lopez'?"

Tony: "Who?"

Mom: "James Lopez..it's called Ulysses, and it's filthy!"

Tony: "Ulysses? That's by Joyce. I haven't seen it yet, but I want to."

Mom: "Don't bother! It's filthy! I as going to suggest your sister's class go to it, because it's supposed to be 'historical', but I asked our pastor, and he said it's filthy!"

Tony: "Mom-let me see the paper..." (looking at the movie ad, where with extreme contortions, the script for the name 'Joyce' could be mis-read as 'Lopez'. "Mom...that's the new movie about James JOYCE's famous book...it's supposed to be very good."

Mom: "Is it historical?"

Tony: "Well, sort of....It's famous, I think Janie's class would enjoy it."

Mom:"Oh, no! They're only 14, the movie's filthy!"

Tony: "Mom...there's a few words in it, but nothing they don't know, and besides, it's so complex that it won't make any difference."

Mom: "Well, I don't want Janie going to anything like that..I don't care if it IS historical!"

I think Tony took his sister later, without Mom knowing.