Heck, the popularity of Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men (and before them, That Seventies Show) indicates that storylines that are may be currently unPC can still be popular, in large part because they’re not modern, or at least they’re sold that way.
And, of course, these shows can be far more adult than was remotely possible during the eras they portray. Heck, I figure there’s no movie made during the Hayes era that couldn’t be redone (not necessarily improved, mind you).
Completely agreed. Most of the stuff people are saying would be out-of-bounds are things that you’d see in any given episode of Gossip Girl.
Actually I could see Pinky easily being updated for 2011 with a setting in a very segregated part of the country like the South.
Any Charlie Chan film. or Fu-Manchu
Quoth ascenray:
You seriously think they should show abortions on-screen? There’s plenty of reason they don’t do that, but it’s not because they’re prudes. For comparison, how many movies show childbirth on screen?
“On-screen” was explicitly contrasted with “backstory.” Care to rephrase your response?
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I seriously doubt it would work even if set in the South. The only way it or any other film set in America about race-passing could be filmed would be as a period piece.
What if they cast an actor of Chinese-descent and cut back on his fortune-cookie aphorisms?
There are people out there who want to try:
I doubt either one is going to happen, but if it’s a name people know, someone will think it’s a good idea for a movie. Go figure.
I don’t know, I think that nowadays, quite a lot of young girl sexuality is played up. Like in the movie the Runaways. And in the fashion world, look at how many models are young teenagers. Just as StuBlues points out about Tropic Thunder, I’m sure in ten or twenty years, people will be saying that stuff like this French Vogue spread could NEVER happen today.
Talk about some raised eyebrows, go about 4.5 minutes in to this and it’s just weird:
The Human Stain, 2003, with Anthony Hopkins.
There’s a difference between un-“PC” and the sort of generally offensive, shock-humor stuff that you’re talking about.
PC refers to sensitivity about racism and sexism, basically.
Borat is all about exposing other peoples’ racism. It’s a highly self-conscious form of comedy. Likewise with Chappelle’s Show - the same show would never fly if Chappelle was a white man. Judd Apatow’s movies have been criticized by some as racist - mostly because the only black characters in them tend to be “ghetto” stereotypes, but again, it’s very self-conscious comedy. You have Pakistanis making Pakistani jokes, Jews making jokes about being Jewish, etc, as well as a lot of expository dialog about sex and male-female relations.
It would’ve ruined the blind Klansman sketch, that’s for sure.
I forgot to add: Borat got away with a lot of Jewish jokes because Sascha Baron Cohen is (obviously) Jewish. Could a non-Jewish comedian do what Cohen did? I highly doubt it.
Seth Macfarlane, the creator of Family Guy would disagree.
Adding my voice to the “you’re all nuts” camp. Every meaningful element is in full force in today’s movies:
School shooting movies are a dime a dozen. (Elephant, The Life Before Her Eyes, Home Room, etc…)
As for blowing up buildings, much was made of the scene in 2012 with the two skyscrapers coming down, mainly because they highlighted it in the trailer.
Young kids swearing? I haven’t seen it, but wasn’t that part of the marketing focus for Kick Ass?
Young girls drinking and drugging and having sex while being played by underage actresses? You mean like Thirteen? Or the perv (I forget his name) who made Kids and Bully.
I’m just not seeing this uber-PC regulation you guys are claiming. I would bet good money that if this were last year people would be saying how I Spit On Your Grave couldn’t be made today.
Again, this is not PC. PC stands for political correctness and it is generally understood to mean sensitivity to minorities, gays, and women. PC is not inherently against displays of violence or sexuality.
Kojak yelling at a Jewish criminal he just apprehended that “you didn’t see it coming even when we were waving it in your Jewish face” is an example of un-PC. Yes, that is an actual line from Kojak.
The Delta House in Animal House openly displaying a Confederate flag on the wall, without any back-story or exposition at all - that is un-PC. There was no “reason” for it provided in the movie - it was just something that looked cool. That would never fly today.
Don’t correct me, correct the rest of the thread. I was merely responding to examples posted.
I already tried to do that…sorry if I seemed like I was jumping on you. You’re actually one of my favorite posters here.
No, you are right - the term PC is being grossly misapplied by many people in this thread.
I believe most of his writing staff is Jewish, though.