But Jamala's song which included the lines "They come to your house / They kill you all"—was allowed because it referred to events that occurred seventy-two yeago apparentlyently making it historical rather than political.
That might not make it a historical experiment as such, but it was a serious political exercise.
But even with Project X, I did a lot of research, because I didn't want to make it a historical novel.
Having said that, the Grade II-listed pier (its design has never been more than functional, but its startling length and wave-defying engineering make it of great historical interest) is full of potential.
Darryl Sterdan from Jam! commented that "even though the gig isn't exactly mind-blowing — the Matrix-style wire-work probably looked way cooler in person than it does on TV... the set has enough hits to make it a decent historical document".
The four-square chug-chug of the swing rhythm sections in this style can sound pretty static today, and carefully enunciated fo-de-do vocals with lines such as "on the old plantation, life's one long celebration" struggle to make it even on historical-interest grounds.
Though the treatise is firmly situated in the Roman social context, its detailed analysis and richness of examples make it more than an historical document.
In addition to recent work by East End artists, the show includes earlier pieces that make it something of a historical survey.
Seeking to stifle an allegedly frivolous depiction of an Ottoman sultan and his harem in a popular TV soap opera, the measure would make it illegal to disparage "historical events and persons integral to national values".
And yet that fat to be cut away is everything that tends to make it a political and historical drama, and what is left is the private scandals of a poor little rich boy.
