I completely agree with the f-word point. In fact, I'll go one step further: the next "big conversation" I'd love to see is how we treated gay relationships as things to be feared. And I'm *absolutely* burning a hole at a certain beloved sitcom from the mid 90s.
On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 22:07 PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > As I have written before, I do not sign on to that. I think too often we > are afraid of the need to make judgement calls, and so fall back on > absolutes, in this case, either explain everything remotely offensive, or > explain nothing. I would much rather see the responsible party stand up, > identify their values, and criteria based on those values, and then make > judgement calls about which cases fit the criteria and which don’t. > > I would be much more forgiving of HBO if they explained a reason for > classifying Blazing Saddles as An actually offensive film in need of > contextualizing. I would disagree with them, but I accept that reasonable > people can disagree, and if the underlying principles are articulated there > is hope of productive discussion. What is infuriating is HBO simply > apologizing for any film that it thinks might offend somebody. > > BTW I watched Blazing Saddles again yesterday (maybe the 5th or 6th time > I’ve seen it), and was struck by the fact that if the film needs any > explanation, it is of its casual homophobia and use of the F-Word, not its > use of the N-word. > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 2:28 PM stannc <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If this service is going to continue to add these disclaimers to every >> movie, can we just call it “Max-splaining” ? >> >> >> >> Max-splaining is where a certain streaming service feels that either: >> >> Its audience is too stupid to understand the context or period that a >> movie was made or is depicting >> >> >> >> Its audience is all frightened cats and will be “triggered” and protest >> on social media if their sensibilities are offended >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8dcb72b9-0581-4ff4-a59f-08be69a01a03o%40googlegroups.com >> . >> >> -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJz4_HSsr_fydmtQO%3DOX%2Bh01gMM4oaP_3gMzkQS1ccNqg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJz4_HSsr_fydmtQO%3DOX%2Bh01gMM4oaP_3gMzkQS1ccNqg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BebepJ0xX3Uzqd3JvP0M8_TQ4eHQPb39jcjOVR7YOFDrA%40mail.gmail.com.
