It launched the careers of designers and artists like Boy George and John Galliano.
When Mike Nichols’ adaptation of Edward Albee’s play hit screens, it used words that had never been spoken in an American film: "hump the hostess" and "screw you." The MPAA abandoned the Code for the rating system after this film. Virginia Woolf is the Rosetta Stone of Taboo Classic entertainment. It broke the taboo of the unhappy marriage —the idea that suburban couples might loathe each other. That psychological violence was more shocking than any on-screen nudity. Taboo 2 -1982 Classic XXX-