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[novapsyche]

In AMC's broadcast of Blazing Saddles today, it silently censored racial and gender slurs. I clearly remember in late 2008 watching it and it wasn't edited out.

I'm not normally for censorship, but I'm heartened that I can watch cable TV in the afternoon without hearing what I consider obscenities.

Edit: Actually, upon further thought, I feel worse about the censorship. A film is a work of art, and it should be appreciated in total. I still don't want to hear slurs over live airwaves, as I so distinctly remember from two years ago.

Comments

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Blazing Saddles is an interesting case; it does seem like racial slurs were flung around pretty cavalierly, but OTOH Brooks was making fun of racism. Does the point he was making about racism justify the continual exposure to casually-dealt slurs? Arguments could be made either way.

Not familiar with Blazing Sadles, but AMC....

[airsucker.livejournal.com]

AMC isn't what it used to be. Even just a couple years ago when they aired the Blues Brothers, they cut the "I hate Illinois Nazis" line. I have no idea why. They seem to cut things without rhyme or reason since they lost all the classics to TCM. They seem to be struggling with everything.

I'd rather watch a movie in its original form, even when it has horrifying things in it. We need to be reminded that we don't do these things anymore for a reason. It would be bad to repeat those mistakes.