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Warning: This program contains nudity

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vchimpanzee

I don't get to watch cable channels at home. It costs too much.

When I am staying in a motel in the mountains or at the beach, the cable channels come with the room.

FX usually cleans up movies, though not always as much as broadcast TV. If they do, there is a notice that the movie was edited for content. This movie didn't have such a notice.

There was a stern warning at the beginning and after each commercial break. The rating was TV-MA-L, S, V. Not that it's relevant, but the violence was not at an MA level in my opinion. There did need to be a warning about violence but not a specific warning.

The only specific warning was "this program contains nudity". I think a typical episode of "NYPD Blue" (which I never watched) had more nudity. The man's rear end was shown for maybe five seconds and later he was fighting while naked but the lighting was poor and certain body parts were blocked from view by objects in front.

If anything deserved a specific warning, it was the language. Numerous uses of the S-word and F-word. I did count two uses of the MF-word. And other words you can't say on broadcast TV, or words you couldn't say until a few years ago. I noticed "heck" and "freaking" were used, and once a character obviously said something bad based on the reaction but I couldn't hear it. Now if there was nothing to indicate it was cleaned up for TV, this must mean it had to be cleaned up just to get an R rating.

It was a very funny movie with an insane sense of humor. I was glad I got to see it.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I don't get to watch cable channels at home. It costs too much.

When I am staying in a motel in the mountains or at the beach, the cable channels come with the room.

FX usually cleans up movies, though not always as much as broadcast TV. If they do, there is a notice that the movie was edited for content. This movie didn't have such a notice.

There was a stern warning at the beginning and after each commercial break. The rating was TV-MA-L, S, V. Not that it's relevant, but the violence was not at an MA level in my opinion. There did need to be a warning about violence but not a specific warning.

The only specific warning was "this program contains nudity". I think a typical episode of "NYPD Blue" (which I never watched) had more nudity. The man's rear end was shown for maybe five seconds and later he was fighting while naked but the lighting was poor and certain body parts were blocked from view by objects in front.

If anything deserved a specific warning, it was the language. Numerous uses of the S-word and F-word. I did count two uses of the MF-word. And other words you can't say on broadcast TV, or words you couldn't say until a few years ago. I noticed "heck" and "freaking" were used, and once a character obviously said something bad based on the reaction but I couldn't hear it. Now if there was nothing to indicate it was cleaned up for TV, this must mean it had to be cleaned up just to get an R rating.

It was a very funny movie with an insane sense of humor. I was glad I got to see it.
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It seems to me that the current trend is to warn people about various things that might offend them. So for example, a PG 13 rated movie might have an addendum saying, "frequent swear words, partial nudity." That's just to let you know, and I don't see anything wrong with it. I listen to a lot of podcasts, which are totally deregulated - no government agency is going to censor their content. But I was listening to one this morning about some events during the Civil Rights era of the 60's, and there was a warning at the beginning stating that it might upset some people. But there was no censorable content - it was just a history of disturbing events.

IIRC, "basic cable" TV channels (really that descriptor is no longer accurate) are not regulated by the FCC, so they voluntarily adhere to certain standards. In my observation - it is - side nudity is OK, partial back nudity but no frontal nudity. People can say the "S" word, the "BS" word, and the "A" word, but not the "F" word.

Keep in mind that NYPD Blue really pushed the envelope in their early years, especially considering it was on a broadcast network. But after a few controversial incidents that brought hefty FCC fines, IIRC - including the Janet Jackson Superbowl fracas - NYPD Blue dialed the nudity and swearing way back. People don't seem to recall this part - but Dennis Franz's bare a** never appeared after maybe the 3rd season. Some would say that is a good thing.
 
You know that if they had broadcast five seconds of a naked butt without the warning
letters and emails would have come pouring in.
 
LKellerIII said:
IIRC, "basic cable" TV channels (really that descriptor is no longer accurate) are not regulated by the FCC, so they voluntarily adhere to certain standards. In my observation - it is - side nudity is OK, partial back nudity but no frontal nudity. People can say the "S" word, the "BS" word, and the "A" word, but not the "F" word.
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Is FX one of these? The F word was used many times, and the MF word.

I thought of another example. Kevin Costner in "Dances with Wolves". We saw his rear on network TV for longer than this man's rear was shown.
 
vchimpanzee said:
Is FX one of these? The F word was used many times, and the MF word.

I thought of another example. Kevin Costner in "Dances with Wolves". We saw his rear on network TV for longer than this man's rear was shown.
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I wonder if FX and FXX will be as lenient in their language policy ones Disney takes over.
 
A few weeks ago on FX I managed to catch Straight Outta Compton, the movie was completely uncensored with cursing and nudity. It was also 5 o clock in the afternoon, was very suprised to see a completely uncensored and uncut movie on network television.

Speaking of Disney, I remember several months ago seeing Boyz In the Hood on Freeform and on its In Demand Service. I don’t remember how censored it was or if it was at all, but found it odd to see it on a Disney service or Disney owned network.
 
Aquarius said:
Speaking of Disney, I remember several months ago seeing Boyz In the Hood on Freeform and on its In Demand Service. I don’t remember how censored it was or if it was at all, but found it odd to see it on a Disney service or Disney owned network.
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Once again, if it was called Disney Freeform, you probably wouldn't see that movie. It isn't like Disney has some religious agenda to promote.

FX isn't a broadcast network, so they can curse in the middle of the day if they want to. No rules about it.
 
TheBigA said:
Once again, if it was called Disney Freeform, you probably wouldn't see that movie. It isn't like Disney has some religious agenda to promote.

FX isn't a broadcast network, so they can curse in the middle of the day if they want to. No rules about it.
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About a decade ago, ABC Family (so Disney) ran a show in early evening - designed for teens, and mostly about relationships, including sex - between teens. It was a drama, but meant to be educational in nature, so the sex shown on camera wasn't prurient - but also, there were no moral ore religious judgments provided. My daughter was a teen at the time, and I thought the show was good for her to see. But it was kind of shocking to see and hear sex talk on, (1) a Disney channel; (2) a channel with "Family" in the title; and (3) on the channel Pat Robertson used to own, and still ran his 700 Club show on.

I no longer remember the name of the show, but I recall that Molly Ringwald (of "brat pack" 1980's fame") played a parent of one of the teens.
 
LKellerIII said:
About a decade ago, ABC Family (so Disney) ran a show in early evening - designed for teens, and mostly about relationships, including sex - between teens. It was a drama, but meant to be educational in nature, so the sex shown on camera wasn't prurient - but also, there were no moral ore religious judgments provided. My daughter was a teen at the time, and I thought the show was good for her to see. But it was kind of shocking to see and hear sex talk on, (1) a Disney channel; (2) a channel with "Family" in the title; and (3) on the channel Pat Robertson used to own, and still ran his 700 Club show on.

I no longer remember the name of the show, but I recall that Molly Ringwald (of "brat pack" 1980's fame") played a parent of one of the teens.
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That was probably The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which was on from 2008-2013. The main story was a 15 year old girl who gets pregnant and all the consequences of that. Molly Ringwald played her mother.
 
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