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Um, plenty of violence is deemed inappropriate. I doubt much of USA broadcast TV even comes close to a hard R rating. I'd also point out that Italy in particula
by Noos 10y ago
Um, plenty of violence is deemed inappropriate. I doubt much of USA broadcast TV even comes close to a hard R rating. I'd also point out that Italy in particular has had little problem with making hyper-violent content like giallo movies, in addition to showing copious nudity, and Norway has quite a few violent horror films under their belt.
It's more broadcast standards originally prevented anything, nudity or extreme violence, from being shown, and mature content was exiled to cable.
- Cyph0n 10y agoYou'd be amazed what some shows can pass through the censors. Watch NBC's Hannibal to see what I'm talking about. But nudity is a huge no-no.
- bbatsell 10y ago(Kinda gross Hannibal spoilers below) There's an episode where a man's skin is flayed off his back and turned into metaphorical wings, which are then used to hang him from the ceiling. In depicting this from behind, you could originally see the man's buttocks. NBC censors objected, so the "fix" was to digitally add a massive amount of dripping blood to cover them up. The absurdity of that has always stuck with me.
- maxxxxx 10y agoYou may be right. It's just interesting that on Sunday afternoon they have no problem showing movies where the hero kills dozens of people with pleasure but even the slightest hint of nudity or swear words is not OK.