Don't get me wrong, I'm NOT offended. I'm just interested because I grew up watching the shock on people's faces to hear PG-13 profanity fly on FX with The Shield in 2002. The fact that "goddamn" and "bullshit" got past the American censors were surprising. Now in 2016 it seems like the "Fuck" barrier was broken and I'm happy to see that.
It began with FX giving one "fuck" in American Crime Story and led to Mr. Robot giving several fucks throughout their season on the USA Network. Soon after Atlanta and Taboo on FX continued just using "fuck" casually without any censors. Now SIX on the History Channel allows "fuck" to be said uncensored as well. Sure, AMC let Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and others slip by with a muted "f__k" in their shows, but I'm talking about full-on unadulterated, unvarnished fucks being dropped on prime-time cable television. Obviously the FCC doesn't regulate cable channels, but when exactly and why did sponsors quit caring about the dreaded F bomb?
As an American audience member essentially we've been taught that it was off-limits to curse at all on TV. Like I said earlier, we had just gotten over "shit" and "goddamn" just a few years earlier, so I'm just surprised we got over it and am interested in learning when this was just gotten over.
Just to reiterate, it's not a complaint. I just find it interesting that starting in 2016, American TV networks have gotten through the "Fuck Gate Milestone" in allowing adult language on commercial TV.
Submitted February 26, 2017 at 04:44PM by SomeKrazyGuyUKno http://ift.tt/2lJYX9s
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