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Embarrassing Swearing

posted 8 years ago by andyg35
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I know it's 2016 but do we really find the little girl swearing in church funny? Parents swearing in front of small children? In what is - essentially - a moderately charming comedy series?

I've seen the first two so was prepared for a bit of bad language but this time it felt forced and awkward to me in places.

Didn't add anything to the humour and hardly anybody laughed at the screening I went to (referring to the sweary bits here). I may be getting old (well, actually I am getting old!) but it made me cringe a bit. Am I alone? I hope not...

AndyG

[–] gaelmarconi12 8 years ago

I totally agree with you. I found a completely unnecessary and a sad commentary on society today. Most people are losing their manners

[–] victoriatheatre 8 years ago

I also agree. When will the film companies wake up and realize people do not want to hear that kind of language. It usually does not add anything to the story line. People just don't normally talk that way in real life and I do not like listening to it in a movie when it is over excessive. Hollywood Please Listen!

[–] SerenityForever 8 years ago

Both Jude and Shazzer were horrible swearers in the books and other movies. This was funny because they still are and now in front of their kids.

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[–] brankovranjkovic 8 years ago

I totally agree, what must Americans think when they see children drop the F bomb - The little girl should have been reprimanded - I'm embarrassed!

[–] selinfen 8 years ago

Swearing are only words that are spoken, what is wrong with that? People shooting and killing each other in movies, that's perfectly fine, but saying *beep* a few times is the most horrible thing ever? Not to me. Violence offends me, people talking doesn't.

[–] DontDisturbMyParadise 8 years ago

I've been to the UK twice for long periods. There's a lot of swearing over there, including children. I agree that society has changed to worse conditions, but that's just how it is.

[–] mmsbk 8 years ago

Good heavens , lots of terribly embarrassing swearing in the UK. Not a lot of drive by shootings and school mass murders though......

[–] MarmaladeT 8 years ago

Yes, I don't think anyone has yet died from a swear word or two, whereas mass murderers/drive-by shooters in the US may well be very polite and say "yes sir/ma'am, no sir/ma'am" "my apologies sir/ma'am" but all the manners in the world won't save you when they're pointing their weapons at you.

According to Wikepedia:

More people are typically killed with guns in the U.S. in a day (about 85) than in the U.K. in a year

I know where I'd feel safer 😉

[–] FernandoPessoa 8 years ago

I don't think it makes sense to bring up something that is much worse to belittle a point. Otherwise nothing would really matter at all if you compare it with something like the holocaust.

"Mr Smith, says the doctor, you have cancer. But on the bright side, you're not in a concentration camp, so it's all good."

I don't understand why swearing is so funny to a lot of people in 2016. Swearing's lost it's meaning, it's overused and mostly for no reason, just because people can, think it's cool or simply lack an interesting vocabulary, doesn't mean they should at every opportunity.

There are people at work that inject a *beep* into every sentence, or sometimes before every adjective, for no reason.

I swear, but I like to wait for the right opportunity to use it to make the point, conviction, or joke stronger, not in every sentence like a dumb teenager.

"No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it."

[–] deprofundisss 8 years ago

Very astute and logical commentary! I wish all people thought things out like that.

[–] lwangels0 8 years ago

Good heavens , lots of terribly embarrassing swearing in the UK. Not a lot of drive by shootings and school mass murders though......

This ^^^^^^^

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[–] RMG-9 8 years ago

I've lived in the uk for 70 years and can go for months without hearing swearing of the sort shown in this film ! Certainly never ever witnessed a child swearing in church either !
I guess it depends on the social circle you were mixing with !!I by no means lead a sheltered life and in fact was in the forces for 25 years and of course there was swearing during that period but even than not excessive !The films unnecessary use of swear words was an uncomfortable experience and indeed embarrassing.
To give the impression after two visits that swearing amongst the population in general is common place and we are all going around 'F'ing and blinding is absurd
in fact your ignorance is laughable !

[–] ACME_Horses 8 years ago

Yes, thank you. Well said!

[–] telavivid 8 years ago

I agree with you. People say - so what, it's just a word, but swearing, talking about explicit sexual acts in front of children and not knowing the father of your child in front of kids make all of these look normal. And kids like to break boundaries and rebel. If you set the boundaries so broadly, what you're gonna get in 10 years when these kids grow up would make the last days of ancient Rome look like a prude and sophisticate English party.

[–] mmsbk 8 years ago

Well, I don't think " so what it's just a word" because I believe in the power of words and get cross when people use them incorrectly or make up their own meaning etc.
But talking about explicit sexual acts in front of children ( didn't happen in the movie btw) or openly saying you don't know the father of your child - or that you don't know many children you have fathered , lets not forget it takes two here ! is rather different than saying 'fu*k" once in a while.
The odd swear word is not 'setting broad boundaries' to my mind, and it certainly isn't setting up children to become Caligula or something when they are 15! My point , and I stand by it , it that swearing , or a certain laxity about what you say in front of children , is utterly nothing compared to having them grow up in a culture that openly espouses more guns as a good thing
http://www.ibtimes.com/accidental-gun-deaths-involving-children-are-major-problem-us-2250568
I don't believe your priorities can be so skewed as to seriously think that a dead child is better that one who says fu*k from time to time, or even all the time.

Also, how odd that you cite the English as prudes, when according to your original comments, the should be dead of corruption due to all that swearing.

[–] telavivid 8 years ago

Talking about explicit sexual acts in front of children happened in the movie. Maybe you missed it, but it was there several times.

I also don't understand, why we bring up gun violence. It's a bit like saying - it's bad that kids are using drugs, but look at how many people are prostituting themselves. What's the relation? Raising up the kids to be polite and intelligent doesn't mean they'd be shot to death because of it.

A propos, where I live, gun control is so strict that hardly anyone owns a weapon.

[–] mmsbk 8 years ago

Yes I did miss it , and I do take your point about gun violence not being actually related. I brought it up because complaining about a mild bit of swearing and loose talk seems so silly given the truly awful things that happen both in life and in movies . And I assumed you were American because of this , sorry.

[–] JackNimble82 8 years ago

In case you didn't notice they're talking about swearing in a movie. You seem a little lost. Hopefully this helps some of you.

[–] audidude 8 years ago

Totally agree, absolutely no need for the bad language. Good story though.

[–] brankovranjkovic 8 years ago

'Good story'???- I'm wondering whether we watched the same movie?

[–] Karl Self 8 years ago

Not that this scene is funny, but you are being prissy all the same.

[–] mexicospidergreen 8 years ago

You want to bitch about swearing, find a time machine and travel back to whenever you were 12-13 years old. This is 2016, nobody gives a *beep* that you haven't hit puberty yet.

Zombiefeng is such a pain in my *beep*