I didn't think I'd ever post something like *this*. But does anyone else find swearing in TV contrived and unecessary?
I'm not talking about the odd bastard or piss, which is fine. But more the likes of Odyssey 5 and Dead Like Me (thus I assume most SHO shows) which have to punctuate multiple sentences with 'fuck' for no apparant reason.
I think it's a TV thing. In film it doesn't bother me at all. But in TV it feels wrong as I'm not used to it.
But really, having watched every other TV programme without swearing, then coming to the likes of Dead Like Me... it seems just so not needed. Other shows can get away without using it, so shows like DLM just seem to be saying: "Look mummy, I'm swearing. I can do it so I will!"
I'm not talking about the odd bastard or piss, which is fine. But more the likes of Odyssey 5 and Dead Like Me (thus I assume most SHO shows) which have to punctuate multiple sentences with 'fuck' for no apparant reason.
I think it's a TV thing. In film it doesn't bother me at all. But in TV it feels wrong as I'm not used to it.
But really, having watched every other TV programme without swearing, then coming to the likes of Dead Like Me... it seems just so not needed. Other shows can get away without using it, so shows like DLM just seem to be saying: "Look mummy, I'm swearing. I can do it so I will!"