# Movies that could not be made in today’s world **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 13, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064 "2023-09-13T18:10:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 186
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064/186 "2023-09-27T22:21:08Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > In 1943, things have changed since then Maybe not as much as you think: > [@Anyone familiar with this racist term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-this-racist-term/790936): > > UK MP is [suspended](http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/the-real-nr-in-the-woodpile-conservative-tory-british-mp-caught-using-n-word-while-defending-brexit/) for using the term “nigger in the woodpile.” I live in rural South Carolina and have never once heard the phrase. It is notable enough to [have a Wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger_in_the_woodpile), though, and I see from the wiki that the phrase has escaped from a British Lord. before this instance and even [shows up in one of Dr. Seuss’s less commendable artworks](http://www.complex.com/style/2015/05/super-racist-dr-seuss-drawing-heading-to-auction). So does this phrase still have life in some corners of the US and the UK? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064)._