I realize the first three seasons were on Fox and they had to bleep the 'bad' words. But Season 4 was made for Netflix where they don't have the restrictions of network TV. So, why do they continue to bleep the language? I've come to really despise bleeping; it's annoying, offensive, infantilizing, and draws more attention to the language than if the characters just said it. I'm a few episodes into season 4, but the obnoxious bleeping may drive me away.
shareOne reason might be in each of the previous seasons they've had a scene in which someone goes on a "bleeping" rant and they wanted to stick a scene like that in but for obvious reasons didn't want an absurd amount of cussing in an episode...I can't remember if season 4 ended up having it or not. Haven't watched it in a while but about to. Also if the once a episode if even that bleep ruins the show for you, I don't know what to tell you lol
shareI find it funnier with the bleeping. It was a good decision to keep it.
shareNo, it is NOT funnier. It's annoying, insulting, and it spoils my suspension of disbelief and reminds me that I'm watching a show--and that some uptight prude (probably with his pants around his ankles) is making the decision about what I'm allowed to hear.
shareCool, that's your opinion. But IMO this scene would not have been nearly as funny if we actually heard what Buster was saying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuAJGOsbavA
Ugh, no. Part of my problem is that they use such an obnoxious and grating 'beep' sound. If they're afraid of broadcasting 'bad' words and offending someone's delicate ears, I'd prefer they just insert silence.
shareSorry you didn't get the joke even in its initial airing on Fox. If Hurwitz and his writers didn't intend for it to be a joke, they could have just written words the characters are allowed to say on network television. It draws attention to the fact it's something like a Christopher Guest faux documentary catching this wacky family in "candid" moments. Vulgar language for these rather stupid dysfunctionals is entirely in keeping with their character. THE BLEEPING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A JOKE. Sometimes it's used in very surprising and inspired ways, as in Buster's extended rage rant about his mother, or in Justine Bateman's list of "won'ts".
shareOur computers don't even go on the internet.
Who's first?
You've got a real morale problem here...
shareSorry you didn't get the joke even in its initial airing on Fox
How is obfuscating words we've all heard and know with an ear-piercing beep a joke? As I said, I realize they had to do it when it first aired on Fox (one of the reasons I refuse to watch network TV), but there's no excuse to continue the infantile practice on Netflix--where the content is supposed to be uncensored. I'm skipping the remaining episodes of Season 4 for this reason.
shareBut...but.....but.......
Because it's one of the jokes in the show. One extreme example would be the video Leah linked above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuAJGOsbavA
There was never a need in any scene in AD to ACTUALLY use a forbidden word. It's not as if they actually wanted the bad words to be used but got bleeped. You think Fox was censoring the show, but the bleeps are part of the script of the show. I don't know how else to explain it.
And my goodness, if you must be broadcast the words "we all hear", watch the COUNT - ry music-loving girl scene. They got the worst word in the English language on network. That should make you happy.
Nah, the bleep is funnier.
If they're afraid of broadcasting 'bad' words and offending someone's delicate ears,
Ah, another precious snowflake afraid of 'bad' words. Hate to break it to you, but out in the real world people sometimes swear and say unpleasant words that aren't bleeped. Perhaps you should just stay in your safe space.
shareCool story, bro. Hate to break it to you, but Arrested Development is not a documentary based in the real world.
In any case, bleeps are funnier. You just let the professionals do their job.
You are sin.
Face it: you just don't get the joke most AD fans understand perfectly well. It has nothing to do with protecting prudish ears from hearing obscenities. Oh, Antilles-7--you're such a *beep*. (I can't believe IMDB had to bleep that. It would have been such a nice moment.)
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