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Wouldn't be a Showtime series without the excessive cursing

posted 9 years ago by Philip_90
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Well, episode 0 was okay-ish. Just about a father who's used to his old habits and can't (or won't) update to the media standards of today's world.

That's not what annoyed me, the worst part about this show is how much they'd throw around cursing like ALWAYS and I'm used to watching Showtime shows so it's nothing new, but.. *sigh*. They gotta know when too much is too much and that's where Happyish broke its cord with it.

I suppose in time it'll become a better show. The kid's adorable and quiet so right now if there's any favourite character, then it's him.

[–] Sandoz 9 years ago

I'm sorry, but I don't agree at all. In my experience, cursing in every day life is the new normal, and to not hear the F-word or its equivalents daily strikes me as being unrealistic. Maybe you live in a small rural Amish town someplace, but the really unrealistic shows these days are on network TV, where all language is formal and sanitized.

And btw, this is a show for adults, not for children.

People believe what they want to believe. One term for this is Faith. Another is Delusion.

[–] Philip_90 9 years ago

I live in the city where people respect each other and aren't cursing left and right, if anything, the only swearing is mostly just from TV shows that I watch because the rest? Well, it's a clean slate.

If I went to a retail store and they greeted me as "Oh it's another dipshít" I'd walk about and make a complain.

So no, it's not the new normal. That's just ridiculous and idiotic.

[–] CoachGilligan 9 years ago

"And btw, this is a show for adults, not for children."

Exactly. Yet every character talks like they are 12 and has just discovered swearing. "Bad" language doesn't bother me. Bad language just for the sake of it does.

Bucka bucka, Enzo wife yucka.

[–] norway-jm 8 years ago

I live in New York City and have worked in advertising... and I found the language completely over the top.

[–] Salimyter 9 years ago

It's definitely excessive, distractingly so. When the F-word is your automatic go-to for all verbs and adjectives regardless of how many are in one sentence there's a problem (one of which is lazy writing). I'm having difficulty extracting any meaningful dialog between the copious amount of empty curse words. It's definitely a major downside of the show for me.

[–] mameha1977 9 years ago

I agree, it makes me really wince the way swearing is used so excessively. I really don't think it is common for parents of that age swear so much.

Also the rant at the top of the show is always so over the top and impossible to relate to and makes me want to turn the show off.

I like the story and the parts set in the office, but the swearing needs to be toned down bigtime. Also I don't find it funny at all, although I love Steve Coogans earlier work and The Trip etc.

[–] itzandy 9 years ago

What is it with some Americans and swearing? Jesus, get a fuc king life you sad old cun t

[–] luciantenebrae 9 years ago

Amazing, geez I am LMAO now. 😀

[–] deacon75 9 years ago

The writing is great, characters are growing more developed, but the crussing is a problem. Aww, damn typo. *beep*. I hate *beep* typos. *beep* it.

[–] movielover2011 9 years ago

I tend to swear a lot, and certainly in comparison to all of my friends worldwide I swear the most.

That being said, the swearing in the pilot episode that I just watched watched a moment ago was excessive.

Rather than throw in an F word here and a P word there, they swore at least 20 times in a 29 minute episode. Come on, nobody talks like that in real life. Most people swear, but not every 1.5 minutes, which is what the pilot episode averaged.

[–] harley-cross 8 years ago

I agree with the posters in that most people I know don't use that language conversationally. And I know professionals in all the walks of life portrayed in this series. Showtime, in my opinion, generally allows their writers a wide latitude, which I respect. This is nothing compared to (in my opinion) their extremely distasteful "Californication" which my wife claims is the modern "Dukes of Hazzard" from a frontal-lobe standard.