VH-1 recently broadcast the 80's classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off and I was amused and bothered that they felt it was necessary to edit the word "Screw."
You remember the scene, long-shot in a high school hallway, and sister Jeannie (played brilliantly by Jennifer Grey) is having an internal rant about how her brother Ferris seems to get away with everything. As the camera pans closer, she say out loud, "Screw him."
On the VH-1 version, a different word was dubbed in. Really, VH-1? REALLY?
You are the network of Flavor of Love, Flavor Of Love Charm School, Rock of Love, Rock Of Love Charm School, Rock Of Love Bus, and I Love Money. All shows so jam-packed with skanks, whores, and strippers that I felt the need to start taking Valtrex after every episode. Shows so packed with low-end porn stars spewing out such memorable quotes as "I'm having an asthma attack, and there are whores in my face" or "this would be so much for fun if we were all naked." Shows where all these women were broadcast beating each other, while screaming WHORE and BITCH . . . and all, for the most part, unedited.
So, all of that was ok, but the line "Screw him" was just too much for your seemingly bookish sensibilities?
Wow.
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