Last night was the start of new episodes of ATHF (Aquateen Hungerforce). I was seriously offended by how many times the word "dick" was used. Come on Adult Swim, I want my dumb humor at least somewhat clean.
Nah, not really, it was actually really funny. In a way it reminded me of the shit episode of South Park. All that was missing was the counter at the bottom of the screen. After the episode was over Adult Swim informed us that the word "dick" was used 53 times. It doesn't come all that close to the number of times "shit" was used in that South Park episode (162), but then again ATHF does only have a 15 minute time slot.
I think it's a good thing that the censors are letting cable stations (and even broadcast stations) get away with more in the late night time slots. All of the kids are in bed and that means the adults can watch whatever they want to, only slightly censored. Yeah, of course there is still some censoring (the rainbow colored dick thingies were quite trippy), but it's still a step in the right direction.
I don't consider myself a terribly vulgar person, but the objectionable shows I do watch I want kept that way. I've hated sanitized versions of shows and movies ever since I was a kid. Not that I was watching anything all that bad back in the day, but I remember seeing some movies on TV that obviously had scenes cut out and words dubbed over with less offensive words. Maybe most people don't notice things like that, but I do.
A few months ago I was watching South Park on the local broadcast network that has picked it up, and it's pretty chopped up on there. It was somewhat bothersome to me, but then I thought "oh well, it's not like I don't have Comedy Central". And to a person too poor for cable I'm sure it's a pretty cool thing for them. After all, they probably haven't seen the episodes as they were seen on Comedy Central anyway, so they probably won't even know the difference. I guess everybody wins, the viewer thinks they are edgy for watching 8 year old episodes of South Park, the station attracts some new viewers, and I don't have to watch it.
Once again, I don't think I'm a terribly vulgar person. I'm not saying I'd necessarily enjoy hearing the words "shit" and "dick" all day long. I'm just saying I like to enjoy art in its intended form. I realize cable isn't *uncensored* uncensored, but I appreciate shows that push the envelope. So rather it be "shit" or "dick", or whatever, any step closer we take to not having to sanitize everything is a good thing.
Sure, there are things that offend me too, offensive things are on TV everyday. Do I let it bother me? No, if I don't like something I don't watch it. I'm all for the total uncensoring of TV shows in a late time slot. So let's stop sanitizing everything already and let writers say what they really mean to say instead of bleeping and blurring it out. After all, there are no bleeps and blurs in real life.
Nah, not really, it was actually really funny. In a way it reminded me of the shit episode of South Park. All that was missing was the counter at the bottom of the screen. After the episode was over Adult Swim informed us that the word "dick" was used 53 times. It doesn't come all that close to the number of times "shit" was used in that South Park episode (162), but then again ATHF does only have a 15 minute time slot.
I think it's a good thing that the censors are letting cable stations (and even broadcast stations) get away with more in the late night time slots. All of the kids are in bed and that means the adults can watch whatever they want to, only slightly censored. Yeah, of course there is still some censoring (the rainbow colored dick thingies were quite trippy), but it's still a step in the right direction.
I don't consider myself a terribly vulgar person, but the objectionable shows I do watch I want kept that way. I've hated sanitized versions of shows and movies ever since I was a kid. Not that I was watching anything all that bad back in the day, but I remember seeing some movies on TV that obviously had scenes cut out and words dubbed over with less offensive words. Maybe most people don't notice things like that, but I do.
A few months ago I was watching South Park on the local broadcast network that has picked it up, and it's pretty chopped up on there. It was somewhat bothersome to me, but then I thought "oh well, it's not like I don't have Comedy Central". And to a person too poor for cable I'm sure it's a pretty cool thing for them. After all, they probably haven't seen the episodes as they were seen on Comedy Central anyway, so they probably won't even know the difference. I guess everybody wins, the viewer thinks they are edgy for watching 8 year old episodes of South Park, the station attracts some new viewers, and I don't have to watch it.
Once again, I don't think I'm a terribly vulgar person. I'm not saying I'd necessarily enjoy hearing the words "shit" and "dick" all day long. I'm just saying I like to enjoy art in its intended form. I realize cable isn't *uncensored* uncensored, but I appreciate shows that push the envelope. So rather it be "shit" or "dick", or whatever, any step closer we take to not having to sanitize everything is a good thing.
Sure, there are things that offend me too, offensive things are on TV everyday. Do I let it bother me? No, if I don't like something I don't watch it. I'm all for the total uncensoring of TV shows in a late time slot. So let's stop sanitizing everything already and let writers say what they really mean to say instead of bleeping and blurring it out. After all, there are no bleeps and blurs in real life.
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