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Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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Every type of sex explicitly shown seems to be necessary for TV series these days along with people leaving bathroom doors open while attending to calls of nature. It seems that this realism is now necessary to appease an audience that is hungry for this type of gritty reality. I am not a prude but I find that all of this is not necessary if a show has good writing. Your thoughts on this profound topic should be of a serious nature in keeping with high standards of this forum...
 

The sex, the bathroom doors, the language (the word "suck" must, by writer's union contract, be included at least 4 times in every TV show) ...

Newton Minow was right - television IS a "vast wasteland" ...
 
I am with you on this...a good story with meaningful dialog wins over crassness every time...
 

It's the age we live in. Who ever would have thought that TV commercials for ED using the word Erection.. Or for feminine products using the word Period. OR for Depends using the phrase "Pee happens".... Or even the Charmin commercial showing the bears with sheds of toilet paper all over their rumps would be shown. None of this was discussed in commercials before..
 
I don't have a problem with commercials commenting on real life situations, using direct language. These are all natural functions, no cause for shame or embarrassment. As for TV, I much prefer to see/hear gratuitous swearing, people on the toilet etc. than pointless, graphic violence, and the all too familiar subjugation or dismissal of women. That said, I would prefer a modicum of good taste here and there. But I still prefer grit over drivel.
 
Yes, Pappy, but sometimes a different "flavor" is fun. Just like classical music that I can listen to quite a little but can take some country, rock and jazz, too...:cool:
 
I don't mind either. I found it refreshing to see the openness on tv when I moved to the UK.

As for 'suck', SP. It's often used in a non-sexual way. I use it often to mean 'not good or really bad', something sucks.
 
Shalimar said:
I don't have a problem with commercials commenting on real life situations, using direct language. These are all natural functions, no cause for shame or embarrassment. As for TV, I much prefer to see/hear gratuitous swearing, people on the toilet etc. than pointless, graphic violence, and the all too familiar subjugation or dismissal of women. That said, I would prefer a modicum of good taste here and there. But I still prefer grit over drivel.
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Except these commercials are shown in the Afternoon and in Prime time. As a parent I wouldn't want to explain what an Erection is to a 6 year old.
 
Why I quit watching TV:

When the new fall shows start, they show clips from the new shows. Supposedly, they show the best parts so that you will want to watch them. One was a new comedy. Two men were in a bar. One says to the other,"I haven't had sex in six months." The canned laughter rolled. That's supposed to be funny?!?!? If that's the best they have to offer, count me out.
 
Yup, and that ain't nuttin'. The new and final season of Mad Men (they should have quit after the last season) shows a man of about sixty laying naked in a hotel room with three naked young ladies--a ménage a Quattro! It has become laughable as to what end these shows will go to titillate an audience...
 
I equate all these thoughts and expressions with the language one might hear on a school playground full of 3rd grade kids.

Bodily functions (from any orifice) is repugnant to me in conversations. Using the word 'poop' feels like you have a mouthful of it.

I've been known to talk dirty and enjoy adult humor but not the "earthy" kind....NOT funny.
 
Yes, some of these things are unpleasant or even repulsive to hear/see. But I feel it's up to the viewer to be selective. Use the mute button or the on/off switch. I'm reluctant to agree to censorship as that can be a slippery slope.
 
Ralphy1 said:
Every type of sex explicitly shown seems to be necessary for TV series these days along with people leaving bathroom doors open while attending to calls of nature. It seems that this realism is now necessary to appease an audience that is hungry for this type of gritty reality. I am not a prude but I find that all of this is not necessary if a show has good writing. Your thoughts on this profound topic should be of a serious nature in keeping with high standards of this forum...
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I don't get thrilled or offended by the sex scenes and adult language. But as you say, if the show has good writing, these extras aren't necessary...not many shows seem to have been given much effort these days. I did always enjoy a few laughs from silly sitcoms over the years, but instead of getting better from the years of Seinfeld, they seem to have deteriorated greatly. I don't know why they would be getting worse. Some, like Two Broke Girls are one unfunny and planned sexual innuendo after another. I can't imagine someone actually getting a thrill from watching this garbage, or even getting a chuckle out of it. After a couple of shows, I avoid it completely. As far as scatological humor, I think it's juvenile and have no interest in it.
 
I can`t tell you how much hubby and I love watching TV in the evenings with new,unrelated young people in the house watching with us,and lunging for the remotes when the "call your doctor for an erection lasting more than four hours" or "if you are having painful intercourse" ads come on.. C`mon-are those really appropriate for early evening viewers?
 

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