16 November, 2010

Censorship Reaches New Lows

I'm getting used to the censorship of Family Guy on the local TV station - not that I like it. There are lots of wandering clouds of pixelation - oddly, usually covering up bare bums (cartoon bums are hardly offensive). But today, there was a scene that I remember involves Peter Griffin squeezing some woman's boob. But that part of it was replaced with a title card - a black screen with a dictionary definition for "vulgar" ("lacking sophistication or good taste") in a funny font, with circus music in the background. I agree, the scene is vulgar, but this all just begs the question: if they don't like the show's humor, then why are they airing it? There's this arrogant sense of entitlement, like they can say, oh we like this show, but we're going to change it however we want in order to impose our own personal morals on the people watching it. And as an artist and an anti-censorship activist, that enrages me.

2 comments:

  1. I don't even consider that scene vulgar. The one on Family Feud? All he does is touch her shirt.

    I prefer the scene where Conne D'amico is unconscious and Peter gets on top of her and he's like "WHAT? She's a frickin' cartoon."

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  2. I don't remember that scene, but it sounds like a good one.

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