Boston version
noun1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theater A bowdlerized version of a play to appeal to puritanical sensibilities.
- If a routine was on the blue side — unsuitable for families — performers might want to develop a Boston version so they could play the Sunday school circuit.2005, Rosemarie Ostler, Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers:
- Some theaters put on censored “Boston versions” of shows. The Watch and Ward Society successfully stamped out what it considered indecency in Boston's public life. But this movement had unintended results.2010, Christine Zuchora-Walske, Internet Censorship: Protecting Citizens or Trampling Freedom?: