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Re: small black cat
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 2 Nov 2000 10:27:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Peter White writes:
> 'Sex in the City' plays on normal commercial television here though I think in
> the US it is on cable (correct me if I'm wrong).
It's on pay cable, and only fairly late at nite (9 PM on) as it is
considered quite risque.
US attitudes can be summarized as "prudish", we have a big profanity, and
especially nudity, hangup. OTOH, violence seems to be OK. Seems a bit messed
up to me.
++Lar
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| (...) Especially if you consider with a view toward "what if this happened in real life?". Chopping off someone's head is OK in a movie, but would (hopefully) get you tossed in prison for a very long time in real life. Graphic sex is verboten in (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Some Australian films are having problems with classification in the US, mostly to do with language. 'The Dish' is one example, which only uses a four letter word once (apparently). Thanks to our Tasmanian senator, even Triple-J (publicly (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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