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Brian Damage · 03-26-2008, 04:05 PM

Veteran comedian Gene Wilder has called on Hollywood to cut back on excessive swearing in films. The Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory star is fed up with hearing curse words in modern movies, and wishes writers would try and pen less predictable dialog that relies more on invention than vulgarity.

Wilder, 74, says, "I'm so tired of the 'F' word in movies. Jimmy Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable - they didn't have to swear and they were powerful. You got everything. There's a film... I saw that if you didn't read or hear the dialog, it is a good story. And then every third sentence, every 2.5 sentence, they start (swearing) and it puts me off."

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)

catlover79 · 03-26-2008, 04:11 PM

Interesting...

Ireneparalegal · 03-26-2008, 06:28 PM

Wow, interesting indeed. Coming from a man who loved working with Richard Pryor, the man who used cuss words to no end.

Dr. Thong · 03-26-2008, 06:37 PM

I think an occasional profanity can be funny if used correctly, but what Wilder's saying is true. One of the worst examples in recent years was the Billy Bob Thornton movie Bad Santa. That movie to me was nothing but profanity for profanity's sake. An awful movie.

Cactus Jack · 03-26-2008, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Wow, interesting indeed. Coming from a man who loved working with Richard Pryor, the man who used cuss words to no end.

LOL true

Dean Winchester · 03-26-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Wow, interesting indeed. Coming from a man who loved working with Richard Pryor, the man who used cuss words to no end.

rofl, I was thinking the same. It's not like he was working with Sinbad

Tubehead · 03-27-2008, 12:56 AM

i wish they would cut back on the cussing to. i can't watch any rated r movie. casue they always have casuing in it. i did have dvd palyer that took out the cusing. but it would take out the whole line. i didn't like that.

Janice · 03-27-2008, 01:05 AM

If I'm watching a movie where profanity feels like it belongs there, such as a gangster movie, then it doesn't bother me. If it's just F this and F that, in a romantic comedy or something, for no reason, it's a turn off to me.

Dr. Thong · 03-27-2008, 04:51 PM

I've certainly had my share of movies with profanity that I enjoyed, but I think a relentless stream of f-bombs and other choice curse words does two things: It makes the movie truly offensive and it also desensitizes people to how offensive the words really are.

Hell, some ethnic slurs that I would never say are thrown around so much in some forms of popular entertainment that they've become curse words of sorts. Just because you can say something doesn't necessarily mean you should.

Dean Winchester · 03-27-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Tubehead

i wish they would cut back on the cussing to. i can't watch any rated r movie. casue they always have casuing in it. i did have dvd palyer that took out the cusing. but it would take out the whole line. i didn't like that.

jeez you sound like the way my mother was

comedyfreak · 03-28-2008, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

I've certainly had my share of movies with profanity that I enjoyed, but I think a relentless stream of f-bombs and other choice curse words does two things: It makes the movie truly offensive and it also desensitizes people to how offensive the words really are.

Hell, some ethnic slurs that I would never say are thrown around so much in some forms of popular entertainment that they've become curse words of sorts. Just because you can say something doesn't necessarily mean you should.

I agree with you. One of the worst offenders are the John Singleton movies, it's F this and F that. I don't bother watching his movies.

03-26-2008, 04:05 PM	#1
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Dr. Thong a/k/a "ACK!" Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 10, 2001 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 5,546	I think an occasional profanity can be funny if used correctly, but what Wilder's saying is true. One of the worst examples in recent years was the Billy Bob Thornton movie Bad Santa. That movie to me was nothing but profanity for profanity's sake. An awful movie.
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Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	i wish they would cut back on the cussing to. i can't watch any rated r movie. casue they always have casuing in it. i did have dvd palyer that took out the cusing. but it would take out the whole line. i didn't like that.

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Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	If I'm watching a movie where profanity feels like it belongs there, such as a gangster movie, then it doesn't bother me. If it's just F this and F that, in a romantic comedy or something, for no reason, it's a turn off to me.

03-27-2008, 04:51 PM	#9
Dr. Thong a/k/a "ACK!" Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 10, 2001 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 5,546	I've certainly had my share of movies with profanity that I enjoyed, but I think a relentless stream of f-bombs and other choice curse words does two things: It makes the movie truly offensive and it also desensitizes people to how offensive the words really are. Hell, some ethnic slurs that I would never say are thrown around so much in some forms of popular entertainment that they've become curse words of sorts. Just because you can say something doesn't necessarily mean you should.