Comments on: Prime Time TV Censorship

By: Se-Mi

Se-Mi — Tue, 10 May 2011 20:36:52 +0000

that and other male and female parts

By: Kincyr

Kincyr — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:36:07 +0000

you forgot bare male ass and bare female ass (yes, only one of those is censored, and it’s not the one that should be censored)

By: monkyyy

monkyyy — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:31:52 +0000

i think a better example is “the house bunny” being rated pg-13 for ‘language’ and its about how great the playboy bunny’s life is one leaves to go to collage(somehow i can see a dozen problems with this) to help a unpopular group of people the only thing they need to do to be popular(and at collage that apparently their only goal) is to get make-overs and stop studying so much

and michael moores “capitalism a love story” is rated r for ‘language’ but its a documentary on why the economy crashed, it can be a bit to far on making a point at the part where its saying capitalism isnt holy or ordained by god (as many people have said as its main defense back in the day, and occasionally recently)

By: zomg a ZOMBIE!

zomg a ZOMBIE! — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:53:18 +0000

Yeah, the media is f*cked up. What I really hate is how video games find violence worse than nudity(or the other way around)… It’s just annoying.
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By: wazzanut

wazzanut — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:38:08 +0000

depressing really

By: /b/

/b/ — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:25:49 +0000

moar boobies

By: JuliaJolie

JuliaJolie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:10:30 +0000

My husband (who’s American, I’m English) watched Bruno the other day and was grossed out. He told me about some of the controversial scenes and couldn’t believe I didn’t think it was outrageous. I told him to look up Eurotrash.

By: Hello

Hello — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:52:54 +0000

Aaand this is why America has problems with overly violent and overly sexually frustrated people.

By: nice man

nice man — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:18:49 +0000

Yeah, it’s a damned shame. Nothing wrong with busting out a (preferably female) breast here and there. Europe has the right idea when it comes to nudity.

By: Toria

Toria — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:00:51 +0000

Haha, I definitely approve of this – natural selection at work. XD

By: toria

toria — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:23:15 +0000

um.. a treat FOR humanity. You know what, screw it, you were right, it doesnt make sense. XD

By: toria

toria — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:22:07 +0000

Lol, that’s quite true. When you censor something it somehow is more desirable.

The thing is, I can understand why mainstream television would censor porn, as it’s supposed to be titillating and intended for adults. But nudity, “soft” sex scenes that are meant to be lovey in films, even kissing is treated the same way by film censors. That’s what makes me WTF.

By: JuliaJolie

JuliaJolie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:21:16 +0000

Don’t forget that (at least for a while anyway, but I was too young to appreciate it) certain movies are given a PG for non-sexual nudity. Ever seen Room With A View? That was an eye-opener. Watched it in the US when I was a kid with some very religious relatives. My parents thought it was hilarious when I got back and told them :/

By: toria

toria — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:19:22 +0000

UK is about the same. Pick up a Radio Times (it’s a TV guide) and look at the description for a film shown on TV. You can guarantee that a violent film (i.e. Aliens) will have been “cut for language”. WHY?

By the same token, a movie will have an 18 (R) rating if someone says the F word, or boobies are shown. I can’t remember the film, but I saw one that was rated 15 that was really bloody. The violence rivaled that of action/horror movies, but was only a lesser certificate because of the lack of sex or “rude” words. -.-

By: toria

toria — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:15:55 +0000

It should be that way really! I don’t have a problem with violence – indeed, I’m a big fan of horror movies, etc – but the implication that sex and swearing is worse is absolutely pathetic. A natural act and an expulsion of air, versus actual damage. Seems pretty simple to me.

By: not me

not me — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:06:58 +0000

uhhhh what do you think of? babies?

By: Kommisar Gorik

Kommisar Gorik — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:08:36 +0000

no that would be TV censors YOU!!!!!

By: arfarfarf

arfarfarf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:57:15 +0000

It’s also missing ‘Any corporate logo’ which gets more censorship than boobies and swearing combined – especially on anything to do with Simon Cowell!

By: R3

R3 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:31:48 +0000

It really depends on the situation. A “melting” corpse doesn’t necessarily have to be gory.

By: Watwatwut

Watwatwut — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:31:49 +0000

Bounce your boobies! Get into the swing!

By: zog

zog — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:24:49 +0000

Yeah, I guess they should be the same, probably.

Still, I loved this category – I remember watching the first episode of ‘Fringe’ and thinking “Man, I can’t believe they allow this on network TV” It just seemed so excessive.

I must be getting old or something :/

By: totograph

totograph — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:53:04 +0000

Equal rights for mens and womens bare chests!

By: Law

Law — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:31:44 +0000

Look out! Sex!

By: HappyNat

HappyNat — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:39:30 +0000

Haven’t been to Comfest, eh?

By: that guy

that guy — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:18:01 +0000

Soviet Russia?

By: NP

NP — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:39:47 +0000

I HAVE been expecting them. They are very late. And I spent hours preparing this fine meal.

By: NP

NP — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:38:37 +0000

Nonsense. Literally. Your words did not form a coherent thought. Please try again.

By: NP

NP — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:36:46 +0000

Haven’t seen a graph on this subject in weeks.

By: Blayze Kohime

Blayze Kohime — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:07:14 +0000

For me real life is less censored than TV, since I live in Columbus Ohio and its legal for women to go topless here. Granted you still don’t see it much. Ironically, I have only seen it at gay pride parades.

By: rhastaravel

rhastaravel — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:13:35 +0000

In holland you can expose everything … expect bad words/images of the queen

By: Philip

Philip — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:46:32 +0000

Apparently, the thorough research the scientist who made this graph has preformed lead to the conclusion that the sub-category of “corpses melting” is significantly less censored than the category “graphic gore”.

At least, that would be the explanation if this was a scientific paper.

By: Redneck_Rebel

Redneck_Rebel — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:39:23 +0000

In what alternate universe does corpses melting not fit within the category of graphic gore?

By: Pret

Pret — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:01:45 +0000

LOL! No, really….I L’ed OL

By: dark shadow rogue

dark shadow rogue — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:47:29 +0000

no porn in tv but the strange thing is that the usofa produces mor porn than the rest of the world combined – and that us girls are easy.

By: AL

AL — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:46:02 +0000

actually they curse on tv now

By: jigglypuff

jigglypuff — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:14:28 +0000

the american schyzophrenia

By: The death grip

The death grip — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:59:20 +0000

How ironic.

By: Squid

Squid — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:17:20 +0000

FREE THE BOOBIES!!!

By: RJ

RJ — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:12:43 +0000

There is a great movie about the American rating system, This Film Is Not Yet Rated. It was an eye-opener. Just a few people from a small section of society guide this.

I am not moving from the USA but I would like to adjust a few things.

By: Sanketsu

Sanketsu — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:54:02 +0000

Could take this same graph, take out on tall bar, name the remaining one marijuana, and the rest other drugs and it would still work.

By: Aeno

Aeno — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:23:23 +0000

It could have just been named ‘America’.

By: Iris

Iris — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:21:08 +0000

it’s* lol

By: Iris

Iris — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:20:27 +0000

lol in my country is the exact opposite ;p

By: 8E

8E — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:14:14 +0000

Ah America… *sigh*