The Shoutbox
Originally Posted by mattiasflgrtll6
A show about committing brutal murders can't say little no-no words. Gotta love America's hypocritical censorship.
"We train young men to drop fire on people... but their commanders won't allow them to write 'f uck' on their airplanes, because it's 'obscene'!"
Originally Posted by mattiasflgrtll6
A show about committing brutal murders can't say little no-no words. Gotta love America's hypocritical censorship.
Well, exactly, that was the source of my bafflement.
A show about committing brutal murders can't say little no-no words. Gotta love America's hypocritical censorship.
Black dog, go away.
Originally Posted by Yoda
That was an ABC show, not a Netflix show, so I assume it's a case of them not being given the uncensored version in the first place.
Fair enough. That explains it.
That was an ABC show, not a Netflix show, so I assume it's a case of them not being given the uncensored version in the first place.
Originally Posted by Yoda
Netflix routinely allows language as bad or worse than that, so there must be something else going on. What was censored?
I was very confused. It was “How to Get Away with Murder”. Obviously it’s my account, not kids’. It was a scene where Annalise said something like “Let’s screw these mother****ers” and the latter was silenced by a bleep and, weirder still, the screen went pitch-black for that split second.
Netflix routinely allows language as bad or worse than that, so there must be something else going on. What was censored?
They obviously understand that the broader the reach, the more people watch. Hence no risks, creative freedom, my ass. I do pole dancing classes with the U.K. head of content at Netflix and she shares.
Originally Posted by mattiasflgrtll6
Originally Posted by AgrippinaX
Wait, Netflix censors the word “mother****ers” with an actual bleep and cut to black?! I am DEAD.
Huh? Isn't Netflix supposed to give their creators more free reign??
Yeah, right.
Originally Posted by mattiasflgrtll6
(I mean, they're full of **** anyway considering their constant removal of "insensitive" episodes, but still)
Exactly. Glad someone gets it. So ****ing annoying. Bad enough that adult characters facing the prospect of going to jail use the word “freaking” because ABC don’t have the balls to inject some verisimilitude into plot. But to use the word and bleep it out is just mental.

The infantilisation drive for you...