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What culture-specific reasonings are you referring to, exactly?
by ajkjk 9y ago
What culture-specific reasonings are you referring to, exactly?
- chmod775 9y agoThe US is unusually sensitive about naked bodies and swearing for instance. In most countries it's unusual to BEEP swear words on TV, and in some other countries nobody will bat an eye at casual nudity, even in TV shows aimed at children.
- sschueller 9y agoMeanwhile excessive violence is permitted on regular TV.
- tomcooks 9y agoDays of discussion around a staged nipple reveal during the superbowl come to mind. /s
- PeterStuer 9y agoFor example, the US is extremely sensitive to things like nudity, swearing, identity political issues, and at the same time callously tolerant about violence and commercial interests.
- londons_explore 9y agoIn some countries, exposing children to advertising would be considered inappropriate. In some places, nudity and sex are considered fine for children. In some places, LGBT topics, or even showing people who are openly gay discussing something entirely unrelated would be considered unacceptable. In some places, standards for nudity are very different, for example failure to wear a headscarf would be unacceptable in parts of the world.
- kuschku 9y agoFor example, in Germany, public TV channels (e.g. the ARD), showing a 90 minute movie containing a minute of nudity before an implied sex act in a movie targeted at teens, broadcast at prime time (20:15) is not unusual, and won't lead to complaints (see: the first 5 Minutes of "Mein Sohn Helen"). In the US, this would spark an outrage. Most German public TV channels try to upload all content to YouTube, but sometimes some videos aren't available there due to YouTube's restrictions.