[Afamilyatwar-list] Bad Language??

[Scott Filderman]

No. According to what appears to be an informed blogger, the particular episode involved in the complaint was No. 24, one of the front-line episodes, in which the words wog, jerry, and senorita were used. One (1!!!!) viewer complained. Mind you, that was ridiculous, as other episodes refer to jerries and aussies and are as blatantly sexist as people routinely were (and are), having characters say things like, “You can’t say that to a woman!” Not to mention the occasional “bloody” and the unrestricted use of “bastard” (as in “cheeky....”), which would NEVER occur on American television, certainly not in 1970. Of course, European cultural standards have been far in advance of repressed American ones. I believe Margaret was once shown breastfeeding (not down to anatomical detail, however); at that time here in America, the word “pregnant” was disallowed, let alone the results of same.
So, another silly objection put to rest. Tim Douglas e-mailed to say that only one person objected. I don’t remember if he copied the AFAW mailing list.






On Monday, April 16, 2018, 8:57 AM, Brian Renforth via Afamilyatwar-list <afamilyatwar-list at baylor.edu> wrote:

Hi to you all,

I didn't see any of the Season 1 or 2 episodes when TPTV showed them at 8pm at night as I wasn't aware they were showing the series at the time. I understand the controversy was due to 2000hrs being an hour before the watershed?

I've seen the daytime broadcasts silence bad language such as Margaret's justified rant about Mrs. Porter for example! The episode, "Hazard" was dropped completely due to  "Adult content". Don't know if this was the episode that was complained about or not or even if they showed it originally?

Brian

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Apparently Offcom were obliged to act on only one complaint about this .



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Never mind! I found an article that addresses this particular issue. Such an inane objection.




On Sunday, April 15, 2018, 4:21 PM, Scott Filderman via Afamilyatwar-list <afamilyatwar-list at baylor.edu> wrote:

The Wikipedia article on Talking Pictures Television cites AFAW as an example of an older program containing old-style racial epithets that the carrier should warn modern viewers about (“hey, they didn’t know better back then!”). I believe this topic was covered in an earlier posting, but I don’t recall. What term was used by whom in what episode? Was it one of the “war” episodes (soldiers under severe stress could be forgiven!), or in one of Sefton’s tirades? For all the intensity of many AFAW scenes, the language seems to my ears to pass muster in any scene. By the way, Burke’s Law is hardly to be mentioned alongside AFAW. Now THAT’S dated!


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