β² 1045 βΌ What bothers me... (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 months ago by OddHops@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 9 points 6 months ago (2 children) Okay, but when they censor words on Metalocalypse they use guitar rifts and I enjoy that over the actual profanity. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] TaterTot@piefed.social 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) Honestly, some writers have gotten pretty creative with censorship. Firefly's use of "in universe" curses are a good example. Plus such classics as the tv edit of The Big Lebowski's "Find me in the alps!" I would prefer no censorship, but that's no reason to disregard the fine work of creators trying to make the best of a bad situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ccunning@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) Firefly's use of "in universe" curses are a good example. Also, The Good Place permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] TaterTot@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago Absolutely! What's great about The Good Place's "censorship" (imho), is the joke would work even if they weren't actually being censored. I get that it's a unique advantage of the shows premise, so it's more of an exception than the rule, but damn if it isn't well played! permalink fedilink source parent [β] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 6 months ago Oh! Good observation! And I agree permalink fedilink source parent
[β] TaterTot@piefed.social 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) Honestly, some writers have gotten pretty creative with censorship. Firefly's use of "in universe" curses are a good example. Plus such classics as the tv edit of The Big Lebowski's "Find me in the alps!" I would prefer no censorship, but that's no reason to disregard the fine work of creators trying to make the best of a bad situation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ccunning@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) Firefly's use of "in universe" curses are a good example. Also, The Good Place permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] TaterTot@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago Absolutely! What's great about The Good Place's "censorship" (imho), is the joke would work even if they weren't actually being censored. I get that it's a unique advantage of the shows premise, so it's more of an exception than the rule, but damn if it isn't well played! permalink fedilink source parent
[β] ccunning@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) Firefly's use of "in universe" curses are a good example. Also, The Good Place permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] TaterTot@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago Absolutely! What's great about The Good Place's "censorship" (imho), is the joke would work even if they weren't actually being censored. I get that it's a unique advantage of the shows premise, so it's more of an exception than the rule, but damn if it isn't well played! permalink fedilink source parent
[β] TaterTot@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago Absolutely! What's great about The Good Place's "censorship" (imho), is the joke would work even if they weren't actually being censored. I get that it's a unique advantage of the shows premise, so it's more of an exception than the rule, but damn if it isn't well played! permalink fedilink source parent
[β] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 6 months ago Oh! Good observation! And I agree permalink fedilink source parent
