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Guaranteed they will change a lot of dialogue...

posted 7 years ago by cashmccall
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...compared to the 2007 movie, especially the racist put downs and the fat shaming. In 2007, it was a film, not a TV show, so censorship will be broad now. Many of the racist comments in the film were said offhandedly, or under the breath, but they were said, so for TV it will be easy for them to kill the comment completely and just have it all implied. They'll also make the comments "soft racism", whatever that is, and use phrases like "you're just different" or "we don't like your kind."

No one is going to compare the two shows line for line but the world is far more different now that it was in 2007, it is way more politically correct especially on TV. I know people who have jobs where if they said they voted for Trump, they would be ostracized and be accused of racism or get fired, or lose a client.

I have no stake in the game, but I do like to predict these things, and the dialogue in the 2007 was pretty harsh at times. Viewers should watch the 2007 film again and listen closely to the dialogue, otherwise you won't notice how soft the TV version is surely going to be.

[–] sarah-103 7 years ago

I don't think that will happen. The entire plot revolves around a segreated dance show, so it's kind of hard to do this play and not deal with racial issues. Also, I think that because it's set in a different era, slightly different standards are used. There are lines of dialogue they can say because it's set in 1962, that they would probably not use if it was set in 2016. In additional, (from a narrative perspective) I'm pretty sure all of the racist characters are the villians, so it's okay to have them say what many would agree to be bad and objectionable statements, because you are not supposed to like them.

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[–] cashmccall 7 years ago

I'm saying the specific harsh dialogue from the 2007 film will be changed dramatically and be much more implied rather than direct. I'm not saying the theme or story will change.

[–] vdgarcia13 7 years ago

What harsh dialogue are you referring too? I don't remember anything explicit in the movie, besides maybe some song lyrics

[–] cashmccall 7 years ago

I DVR'd it and can't watch it till tomorrow. Did anyone notice if they changed or deleted any of the racist lines from the 2007 film? There were a lot of them and they were very harsh. I think Michell Pfeiffer and her daughter had most of them.

[–] mysticalflute 7 years ago

Not that I noticed.

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[–] radrobd 7 years ago

What harsh dialogue are you referring too? I don't remember anything explicit in the movie, besides maybe some song lyrics

There were several, usually said by Velma Von Tussle.

1) At the beginning of the movie, Corny announces that he'll be playing some more of that "hot Detroit sound" after the commercial break. During the break, Velma questions Corny about "Detroit sound," asking what it that, "the sound of people being mugged?"

2) After Tracy joins the Council and does the dance Seaweed taught her, Velma tells Corny she doesn't want the kids "dancing like savages."

3) Velma berates Motormouth for having the black girls sing the same song Amber did. She says, "you know what you're demographic is. Cleaning ladies and lawn jockeys."

4) During "Miss Baltimore Crabs," Velma looks at the Jewish girl and sings, "this kid won't get a date until daddy buys her a new nose. I would say 'Oy Gevalt!,' if I wasn't Miss Baltimore Crabs."

5) When Prudy sees Tracy watching The Corny Collins Show, Prudy berates Edna and says, "you're letting her listen to that race music again?"

6) At the end, when The Corny Collins Show is integrated, Velma implores Corny to do something saying, "this show has turned to gumbo."

[–] cashmccall 7 years ago

Great post. In the 2007 film I think there were several more, and worse ones. Plus there was a couple of fat shaming jokes too. There was one said directly to Queen Latifa from Michelle Pfeifer. Queen had no retort, she was silent. That was upsetting because today, she would have nailed her back.