Television and censorship - Blame Canada!
Sitting at my parents' place, Glenn and I decided to see what was on late-night TV. I turned on the set and checked the on-screen listings. Comedy Central listed South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. I was a bit surprised and wondered how it would be cut.
Changing channels, I realized that the movie had just started (at midnight). We were watching, commenting to each other on how good the music of this movie is. After a bit, we commented on how interesting the number done by Terrance and Philip would be censored; how could they run "Uncle fucka" uncut?
Much to our surprise, the number ran completely uncut. It is very strange to hear the "f-bomb" spoken this much on TV. Upon reflection, we realized that it was pretty easy for Comedy Central: they own the rights to the movie as well as they have been running movies uncut late at night. At every commercial break, going back to the movie the following disclaimer runs:
It is nice to finally see someone having the realization that movies run at midnight don't need to be censored.
Interestingly, it is being run in pan and scan mode, but that is a differrent type of censorship that I may rant about at a different time.
Changing channels, I realized that the movie had just started (at midnight). We were watching, commenting to each other on how good the music of this movie is. After a bit, we commented on how interesting the number done by Terrance and Philip would be censored; how could they run "Uncle fucka" uncut?
Much to our surprise, the number ran completely uncut. It is very strange to hear the "f-bomb" spoken this much on TV. Upon reflection, we realized that it was pretty easy for Comedy Central: they own the rights to the movie as well as they have been running movies uncut late at night. At every commercial break, going back to the movie the following disclaimer runs:
MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY.
This program is uncut.
It contains strong language
and some adult situations.
Viewer discression is advised
It is nice to finally see someone having the realization that movies run at midnight don't need to be censored.
Interestingly, it is being run in pan and scan mode, but that is a differrent type of censorship that I may rant about at a different time.
posted by Liana @ 12:43 AM
1 Comments:
At 4:21 PM,
Scott said…
Comedy Central has been running uncut stuff for a couple of years now. It's always after 1:00 AM (midnight for you folks on Central time). I think their first one was the South Park movie. Sometimes is stand-up that's uncensored, sometimes it's rated-R movies (like that one pirate movie). I'ven't seen any nudity on their uncut programs yet, but that might be just an oversight on my part.
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