Monday, September 03, 2007
Naughty words excised from Burns' war documentary
Yahoo! News: "There are four words in the 14-1/2-hour documentary that are causing the heartburn: two instances where the narrator says 'f***ed' when explaining the military acronyms 'FUBAR' and 'SNAFU,' as well as when a former GIs interviewed in the film cuss as they describe combat experiences, saying 'holy s***' and referring to an enemy trying to kill them as an 'a**hole.'"
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the filmmaker has the right idea as far as just wanting to get the message out there. although many of us could care less about the four curse words i can understand not wanting to take a risk with the FCC. censorship is a difficult subject. most of the time i feel it is the viewers choice to ignore or avoid the issue, however when showing the piece on a large public network, like PBS, you risk upsetting viewers. it seems to be a fine line when working in the environment public broadcasting.
It seems as though there is no excess use of profanity, and the harsher words are merely to define acronyms. Not to mention that if a soldier were to try to recreate his/her battle experiences through an interview, i would be shocked if they *didn't* swear. They probably weren't thinking in terms of ettiquette or public correctness while they were in combat, so why not allow them to create the most realistic imagery possible through open discussion.
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