AD purposefully used bleeped swearing to comedic effect, perhaps better than anyone ever has.
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Best use of bleeping ever when buster did that 30 bleeping thing on his mom.
This is awesome. I remember years ago watching some stand up comedian on Comedy Central and he was saying dick and cock and fuck and such like nobody's business. Yet it was bleeped each time he said clitoris. I was outraged. Like, seriously, it's a fucking anatomical term and somehow it was more offensive than slang…
A friend of mine had a theory that it's because we're such a young country. We're like teenagers—we're fascinated by sex but we think it's REALLY dirty and bad. And we just can't stop talking about how dirty and bad we find it.
It was founded by Puritans, so it has a long history of being prudish.
I can't put it all down to this, but it's worth remembering that the white-empowered version of the country was settled and inaugurated by religious extremists who were upset that England had become too tolerant of other religions. It's only an echo, but a pretty powerful one.
If there was ever a show that used bleeping to full effect, it was Arrested Development. I have no idea what Buster said. I don't need to. It was magic.
Bleeping "pussy" was amazing in Arrested Development though!
Ooh thank you! I am definitely checking this out tonight. I can already see that this will be very helpful. :)
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