Showing posts with label obscenity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obscenity. Show all posts

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Obscenity

I was watching "A History of Violence" on TV this weekend, and in one of the scenes, three men get killed trying to kill a different man. The boss who ordered the original killing gets mad that it has gone awry, and he shoots one of the already dead men in the chest and yells at him, "How the **** do you **** that up?" That's a direct quote, because the swear words have been blocked out.

Doesn't it seem to be a little bit beside the point to edit out the swearing on such a violent scene? Or, to be more to the point - which is more obscene, really? A few swear words, or shooting a man in the chest instead of trying to save his life?