Editing Lady Chatterley's Lover (section)

== Cultural influence ==
In the United States, the full publication of ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' was a significant event in the "sexual revolution". The book was then a topic of widespread discussion and a byword of sorts. In 1965, [[Tom Lehrer]] recorded a satirical song, "Smut", in which the speaker in the song lyrics cheerfully acknowledges his enjoyment of such material; "Who needs a hobby like tennis or [[philately]]?/I've got a hobby: rereading ''Lady Chatterley''".

The British poet [[Philip Larkin]]'s poem "Annus Mirabilis" begins with a reference to the trial:

{{poemquote|
Sexual intercourse began
In nineteen sixty-three
(which was rather late for me) –
Between the end of the "''Chatterley''" ban
And [[Please Please Me|the Beatles' first LP]].
}}

In 1976, the story was parodied by [[Morecambe and Wise]] on their [[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series)|BBC sketch show]]. A "play what Ernie wrote", ''The Handyman and M'Lady'', was obviously based on it, with [[Michele Dotrice]] as the Lady Chatterley figure. Introducing it, Ernie explained that his play "concerns a rich, titled young lady who is deprived of love, caused by her husband falling into a combine harvester, which unfortunately makes him impudent".<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700689/ “The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977). Episode #9.2”]. IMDb.</ref>

In the 1998 film ''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]'', a film that narrativizes conservative cultural nostalgia for the 1950s as a response to the sexual revolution of the 1960s, Jennifer (played by [[Reese Witherspoon]]) reads ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' as a principal part of her character development, causing her to become "colored", the film's metaphor for personal growth and transformation.

A [[Marriage of Figaro (Mad Men)|2007 episode]] of [[Mad Men]] saw [[Joan Harris|Joan]], [[Peggy Olson|Peggy]], and other women in the office discuss ''Lady Chatterley's Lover''. It is spoken of in scandalous tones and Joan remarks that the pages 'just fall open' to presumably the most salacious portions of the book.

A 2020 episode of ''[[Ghosts (2019 British TV series)|Ghosts]]'' had Fanny (a ghost and the former [[Lord of the manor|lady of the manor]] from the [[Edwardian era]]) reading the book, and then developing feelings for Mike (the alive husband of her descendant, whom she otherwise thinks of as uncouth and uncultured) while he does garden work. Any pretenses of a full relationship are dashed, however, when she sees him slovenly eating a plate of nachos.

''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' is also mentioned by characters in [[Meyer Levin|Meyer Levin's]] novel ''[[Compulsion (Levin novel)|Compulsion]]''.