2023-11-09 15:39:19
By VM
Published 2 hours ago, Updated now
“So proud to see my book Shopgirl get banned from Collier County Florida! Now people will be forced to buy a copy!”, quipped Steve Martin on Instagram. DIA DIPASUPIL / Getty Images via AFP
Deemed obscene, 313 books were removed from the libraries of a large school complex in Florida. The move comes amid a new law in the state aimed at “preserving the innocence of children.”
«Now people will be forced to buy a copy!» Actor Steve Martin preferred to play the irony card when he learned on Tuesday that his novel Shopgirl was part of the long list of books banned from the libraries of Collier County Public School, a large complex of around fifty schools in Florida. Last week, more than 300 books deemed to be controversial were removed from the shelves of school libraries in this school complex, causing some incomprehension in the region. The wave of book bans across the United States has reached a level not seen in decades.
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Faced with this decision, Steven Martin reacted with humor on his Instagram account: “So proud to see my book Shopgirl be banned from Collier County, Florida! Now people will be forced to buy a copy!» This decision was taken alongside the new law called “Let children be children», pushed by Florida Governor Ron De Santis, aiming to “preserve innocence» children. Among these works we find certain classics such as 2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur Clarke, but also three books by Ernest Emingway and 16 works by Steven King.
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Shopgirl, published in 2000 and adapted for film in 2005, tells the story of a young woman, single and depressed, who tries to find love by moving to California. She agrees, out of spite, to meet Jeremy, a lazy musician without much ambition. She will meet Ray Porter, a rich “Don Juan” from Seattle, and will try, not without difficulty, to build a relationship with him. Too sulfurous therefore for the taste of the actors of this cultural war which divides the United States.
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