The suicidal Peter Lorre fish. Censorship or not?
There are two versions of Horton Hatches the Egg (1942). The end of the original includes a fish, a caricature of Peter Lorre, pop out of the water, see Horton and say "Now I've seen everything!" He then puts a gun to his head and blows his brains out.
The other version has that scene removed.
Do you think this removal constitutes censorship? Maybe.
I don't know if it is censorship as much as a compromise of the artists' original intent. Does artist's intent count?
What do you think?