Robert J Dole, Republican candidate for the presidency during the 1996 elections, accused the entertainment industry of "bombarding our children with destructive messages of casual violence and even more casual sex " Dole stated in a 1995 speech, "A line has been crossed, not just of taste, but of human dignity and decency every time sexual violence is given a catchy tune, when teen suicide is set to an appealing beat, when Hollywood's dream factories turn out nightmares of depravity " Dole cited two popular films, Natural Born Killers (1994) and True Romance (1993), that had depicted extreme violence He also singled out the rappers Ice-T, Geto Boys, and 2 Live Crew as well as the heavy-metal band Cannibal Corpse as contributors to the glorification of violence In response, Oliver Stone, the director of Natural Born Killers, said that it was "the height of hypocrisy for Senator Dole, who wants...