Censoring the Classics

[SymbioticFunction]

I doubt that people are really worried about offensive anti-android content. Sounds quite spurious to me.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

It's all a bit bizarre really.

You can put a drill through someone's head, gut them and dismember them but all hell breaks loose should you call them a name which might be a slur on their race, colour or sexual orientation.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

It's all a bit bizarre really.

You can put a drill through someone's head, gut them and dismember them but all hell breaks loose should you call them a name which might be a slur on their race, colour or sexual orientation.

Thinking back, it's similar to James Ferman being concerned about children imitating what they saw and heard in films. Children are unlikely to replicate extreme violence with power tools at school, but the chances of repeating a racial or homophobic slur are much higher.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Thinking back, it's similar to James Ferman being concerned about children imitating what they saw and heard in films. Children are unlikely to replicate extreme violence with power tools at school, but the chances of repeating a racial or homophobic slur are much higher.

Perhaps not a power tool but they seem more than happy to stick a blade in one another's stomachs.

However that has zero to do with film and tv and more a product of society in general. Plus i suspect the gaming industry has more influence on kids nowadays than film and tv.

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

What's the scene? The account which uploaded it has been terminated.

Gene Wilder in the toilet with Richard Pryor putting on brown shoe polish to hide disguise from the police.

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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Gene Wilder in the toilet with Richard Pryor putting on brown shoe polish to hide disguise from the police.

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Silver Streak would probably still include the scene, just as Holiday Inn DVDs have the 'Abraham' song routine with many cast members in blackface.

[nosferatu42]

To be honest i'm more offended by shithole modern comedy, because generally it's a pile of old wank.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

To be honest i'm more offended by shithole modern comedy, because generally it's a pile of old wank.

[Susan Foreman]

Sylvester Stallone Says Director's Cut of 'Rocky IV' Coming for Film's Anniversary / The Hollywood Reporter

"The actor-director noted that Paulie’s robot, a very bizarre '80s gimmick, will be cut entirely."

[Susan Foreman]

From The Daily Mole, via Melon Farmers

"The BBC has slapped ludicrous trigger warnings on episodes of Blackadder and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air because of jokes which it claims could be seen as offensive.

iPlayer viewers will see:

Blackadder, first aired in 1983, uses a slur in its second episode which the BBC decided warrants a content warning

In the episode, Rowan Atkinson's character clashes with Dougal MacAngus who has just returned from the Crusades and is awarded Blackadder's land as a result of his good service. Blackadder says:

You come in here fresh from slaughtering a couple of Chocos when their backs were turned and you think you can upset the harmony of a whole kingdom.

Another episode of the sitcom also uses a derogatory term for a Spaniard.

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Reunion episode, filmed last year, also contains a warning at the start of the show. It is not clear what offended the BBC in this episode."