Influences
After the September 11 attacks, some movies and TV shows deleted scenes or episodes set within the World Trade Center. For example, "The Simpsons" episode "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", which first aired in 1997, was removed from syndication after the attacks because a scene showed the World Trade Center. Songs that mentioned the World Trade Center were no longer aired on radio, and the release dates of some films, such as the 2001–2002 films "Sidewalks of New York, People I Know," and "Spider-Man", were delayed so producers could remove scenes that included the World Trade Center. The 2001 film "Kissing Jessica Stein", which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival the day before the attacks, had to be modified before its general public release, so the filmmakers could delete the scenes that depicted the World Trade Center.