“There ain’t no easy way out…” ~ Tom Petty
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It’s 2 a.m. and I’m wide awake. And I started thinking about my unfiltered mind and mouth. I think certain profanities are sentence enhancers. Why not just use ‘em, right?
I was watching “Private Practice” on Wednesday (though I was always Team MerDer on Grey’s) and I was more in tune with the fact that they were discussing Addison’s inability to “do that” without a man. And my first though was: what a crock of shit.
Why? Because I think more people do it more than they admit. And I find it funny that on public television you cannot use the word “masturbate”, and yet, you can watch a movie on cable T.V. or any FX show, and the words “asshole” and “shit” are said as casually as “Today I am going to Chipotle for lunch.” What is with the censorship?!
My message to the executives of these broadcasting networks: just say it! You weren’t endowed with the First Amendment just because the Bill of Rights looked pretty with it!
Which brings me to this: They can say “ho” on T.V., put shows like “Oz” and “Sex and the City” on demand where anyone can see it, and soap operas use the word “bitch” and “whore” as common as pronouns; but all the while, alluding to the idea of sex is bad, but showing it on public television (simulation that looks ridiculously authentic) is completely acceptable. As Lewis Black would say, “Now isn’t that just a load of horse shit? Hahahaha”
This is the reason why I love raunchy comedies (and why they make so much money)… they take all of the things we can’t say on television or in normal conversation, and then make millions.
One brilliant approach on this was an episode of “How I Met Your Mother”, when the guys refer to smoking pot as “eating a sandwich”. It worked brilliantly, and had the dirty minds cracking up.
My point is this: sex and all things related to it (oral fixations, quips and quirks) shouldn’t be sheltered or locked away. I refuse to change who I am and how I feel to cater to someone else’s BS.
~A
October 29, 2007 at 3:27 am
“One brilliant approach on this was an episode of “How I Met Your Mother”, when the guys refer to smoking pot as “eating a sandwich”. It worked brilliantly, and had the dirty minds cracking up”
LOL, that part cracked me up so much.
And yes, raunchy comedies are superior.