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NBC censors Constantine’s cigarettes, but is fine with scenes of murder & demonic possession.:

The original Hellblazer comics were aimed squarely at an adult audience, and were chock full of sex, violence, and adult storylines. But oddly enough, the one thing that’s been forbidden from the TV adaptation is… smoking.

“You can’t smoke on network,” Constantine director Neil Marshall told Collider this weekend. “That’s one of his character traits.  We’re working around that.  We’re trying to get aspects of it in there as much as possible.  We’ll see.”

Smoking isn’t just an iconic aspect of John Constantine’s character, it also has a significant effect on his life story. After discovering that he has terminal lung cancer while he’s still in his 30s, he sells his soul to two rival lords of Hell. This resulted in them curing his illness, because his death would lead to them having to start a war over his soul. Constantine’s smoking was also a major part of the Keanu Reeves movie, which portrayed the habit in a similarly negative light. 

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Regulator Benjamin Lawsky Is the Man Banks Fear Most:

Using the law as a cudgel to insure banking executives get fired for their crimes and banks feel the pain when they break the law? Having meetings in which bank CEOs “begged for mercy”? Closing the loopholes the Feds don’t have the will or leverage to close? Leaving banks ‘with no comment’?

Leaving federal agencies who have failed to regulate Too Big To Fail banks upset? Seeking larger fines so aggressively that it makes it ‘harder to settle’? Forcing Treasury to move faster? Slapping down a big four consulting firm? Taking on the insurance companies?

Sign me up for this guy’s fan club.