In Australia you can say the F-word on television. (Well, after 8:30 anyway.) In fact, you can pretty much say anything you want. For instance, we get uncensored episodes of Sex and the City and The Sopranos on normal free-to-air stations, and Aussie Big Brother even has a special “Uncut” episode each week where they show all the boobies and curse words. I sorta assumed that it’s always been this way, but instead it turns out that 1997 was the year when everything loosened up. Why? Four Weddings and a Funeral. Ha!
Kristen
August 19, 2003 — 9:04 pm
I wouldn’t mind so much about the censoring (sp?) of ‘bad’ language on singaporean television if they didn’t make such a botch of the dubbing. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s being said on ‘Six Feet Under’ because all the swear words are mangled to protect our innocent ears.
brigita
August 20, 2003 — 1:04 am
dang—thought i could close the tags on my own.
Kris
August 20, 2003 — 8:18 am
I think you did! 🙂
I’ll go in and straighten everything up though…