Larry Flynt was once the owner of a strip club, and later became the publisher of the pornographic magazine Hustler. Because Hustler's low-brow and sensational style was even worse than Playboy magazine, it attracted criticism from moralists and the authorities. During one of the conflicts, his lawsuit went all the way to the Supreme Court, becoming a historic case. The notorious Larry Flynt, in his long struggle with the legal system, invisibly turned this storm of erotic speech into a symbol of the U.S. Constitution's protection of freedom of speech and civil liberties.