I hate the way TV censorship works. It doesn't make sense. A word or phrase might be bleeped out in one show, but then included in another show. I guess it's not all based on a clear cut law. It depends on the station, the sponsers, the time of day, etc.. It's just silly.
I hate when a station with pretty strict standards show movies that obviously will need a lot of editing. I remember TBS aired Glengarry Glen Ross, written by David Mamet. It was a lot of "Forget you! Forget this place!" and other ridiculous phrases. Or when a station whose programming is full of content bordering on indecent airs a movie similarly indecent, and bleeps out a bunch of PG-rated words. Comedy Central does this with a lot of movies. And then the same channel allows Chris Rock swearing unedited late at night.
Tonight I watched the SciFi Channel bleep the word "ass" in Total Recall and then on ABC Family, a character in Samurai Girl said something about kicking "ass." If it's okay on ABC Family, shouldn't it be okay in a movie with a record-setting body count?
On TruTV they were showing the O.J. Simpson Las Vegas trial closing arguments, and the attorney said (quoting the tape of O.J.) "shit" and it wasn't bleeped. And it wasn't even live--it was footage from yesterday.
TNT allowed "assholes." Usually the "hole" gets bleeped.
TNT also allowed Jack Nicholson's naked butt in Something's Gotta Give. Aren't butts usually censored?
P.S. Check out this great blog entry about writing for MASH and dealing with S&P back then!
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