Timeline for Why do some movies include only one instance of the f word?
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| Oct 15 at 6:53 | comment | added | Jolenealaska | Three words: The Shawshank Redemption. IMO, that is a supreme example of a time when you throw the rulebook away. How the F*** else would you expect them to talk? The uplifting message of that film should have far outweighed the fact that the prisoners and guards occasionally used somewhat authentic language. PG13 would have been an appropriate rating. | |
| Feb 11, 2017 at 15:59 | comment | added | Useless Code | There is an excellent documentary about the ratings system and some of the craziness surrounding it called This Film Is Not Yet Rated. It's been a while since I last saw it, but I remember them talking about some strange rules surrounding things like the F-word and how many thrusts can be shown in a sex scene, etc. Also how some directors put extra extreme stuff as a distraction to intentionally cut later so the stuff they want to keep gets ignored by the ratings board. | |
| Feb 5, 2014 at 16:47 | comment | added | Jamie Taylor | I'll back this up with a comment about the writer creating the universe and the characters. If the writer doesn't feel that the character would use a F-bomb in a scene, then they wont write dialogue for the character, in that scene, which uses an F-bomb. | |
| Feb 2, 2014 at 4:44 | comment | added | Andrew Thompson | Super 8 has a great example of the Precision F-Strike (TV tropes warning). It is said by Donny, the guy who drives them to the school before getting wasted in the car. He panics when he sees them being carted away by the military and follows. When he catches up to them, standing beside an overturned bus, he first expresses great relief that they are alive, then noticing the trashed bus, he asks "What the F---?!?". It was classic. :) | |
| Feb 1, 2014 at 23:47 | comment | added | Napoleon Wilson | Wow, that question seemed a bit strange at first, but this answer gives it a whole lot of substance. | |
| Feb 1, 2014 at 23:25 | comment | added | topher | Thanks. The link is particularly informative. This question was prompted by John Smith and answered by John Smith. | |
| Feb 1, 2014 at 23:22 | history | edited | John Smith Optional | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 1, 2014 at 23:08 | history | answered | John Smith Optional | CC BY-SA 3.0 |