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PC remake, what would change now?


24 years later, how this film might be changed if a studio decided to green light it today.

1) Lamar Javelin scene would not make it

2) Asian stereotypical music would be gone (gong etc played)

3) Betty trick sex scene would not be filmed



I think that is it. Maybe the peeping tom hidden camera scenes also.

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The college woukd have rioting, transgender frat will....oh i dont know

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35 years now. Installing cameras in the dorms would get them jailed.

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Today yes, in 1984 probably not. Keep in mind there was no public internet then, they watched it in real time, not recording it for sharing ( although I could see Booger doing this).

They would most likely be expelled, but nobody who watched the movie at the time thought they would face jail time.

Like the Betty trick sex scene, in 1984 naughty behavior yes, criminal no.

Times change.

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Today yes, in 1984 probably not. Keep in mind there was no public internet then, they watched it in real time, not recording it for sharing ( although I could see Booger doing this).


I always assumed they did record some of it based on the picture of Betty they used in the pies they were selling later in the movie. The more I think about it, the more I realize how little of this movie would fly today lol

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I forgot about that!

It would be a good video explaining what a 'panty raid' is(or was) to incoming freshman in 2019...."You did WHAT?!!

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Fucking stupid topic. Like asking If ABC Made Debbie Does Dallas As A Series, What Would Change?

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The topic is the sanitation process that movie studios use to cleanse them of anything that might be controversial.

It was used minimally in 1984, with social media police on patrol waiting to be outraged, it is used a great deal more today.

Debbie Does Dallas would have more tramp stamps, body piercings, and no bush.

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This post is downright depressing to read, but having just watched the movie recently I will make one contribution. The Alpha Betas trashing the Tri-Lambs house. That wasn't a prank its vandalism and they deserved to be in jail.

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