The mayor of the quaint Welsh township Aberystwyth is fighting on the front line of artistic freedom (the front line of full frontal nudity no less!) with her campaign to lift the 28-year ban on the Monty Python film The Life of Brian in the town. This is a personal issue for recently elected Mayor Sue Jones-Davies, as she was the actress who played Judith Iscariot, Brian's would-be girlfriend and the only female member (not counting Eric Idle's character Stan who wanted to be a woman) of the People's Front of Judea, not to be confused with the Judean People's Front ("splitters!"). Jones-Davies, like star Graham Chapman, appeared completely nude in the film.It seems The Life of Brian was banned in many Welsh towns and cities for blasphemy (though not for nudity - naughty bits are OK, making jokes about Jesus, not so much.) Fearing a religionist backlash, major studios refused to finance the film, so it was backed by former Beatle and good friend of the Pythons George Harrison.
Brian: Please, please, please listen! I've got one or two things to say.
The Crowd: Tell us! Tell us both of them!
Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for yourselves! You're ALL individuals!
The Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!
The Crowd: Yes, we ARE all different!
Man in crowd: I'm not...
The Crowd: Sch!
