I don't feel like reading pages of threads to find the answer. Was you Company censored? I found it quite idiotic that even Jesus Christ, which is part of a lyric, was edited, among other parts, included the banter in the middle of "You Could Drive a Person Crazy". It was on PBS at 9pm.
I've seen and heard a lot worse than this on PBS, Tales of the City being the first thing to come to mind.
Given that some places didn't have any edits at all, I can't see why the DVD would be censored. I'm pretty sure this was a regional thing. Here, our airing was preceded by a warning that there was "language" and that the program was only for "mature audience members." Friends of mine in other areas didn't see have that warning, and they did have edits. Why would the DVD be edited? Movies that are aired on TV are censored all the time, but nobody bleeps out all the language on the DVD releases.
I find it soooooo stupid that this was even an issue. I mean, who did they think was watching it? Any language (and I actually never thought about it before) in Company is there for a reason.
I can't wait until they start realizing that more people are offended by the censorship than are by the language. I love how "son-of-a-bitch" is fine, "christ" is fine, and "jesus" is fine, but "jesus christ" is going too far. Updated On: 2/22/08 at 05:48 PM
Well, it hasn't aired here (Dallas) yet, so the whole thing has been censored!
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
"In the U.S.A.
You can have your say,
You can set you goals
And seize the day,
You've been given the freedom
To work your way
To the head of the line-
To the head of the line!"
---Stephen Sondheim
I know! I was gonna say I've seen nudity on PBS and nudity seems to be more taboo in this country than language. I was very shocked that they made an issue out of it. Even worse was when they actually *bleeped* the airing of CONTACT which had no release on DVD.
Oh, it was retarded here in Miami, it was semi-censored here. We heard Jesus but not Christ, we heard most of the cursing in You Can Drive A Person Crazy, but April's "----head" was cut off. I was seriously angry about that!
Edited- and stupidly-in Chicago. No S***head but plenty of bitches and the like. I try to imagine the youngster who stays up watching PBS to hear them say "S***". The thrills that youngster must be deprived of....