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March 25, 2008

Get the F out

Washington Post TV writer Lisa Moraes has been pushed over the edge by her paper's inane self-censorship. This time they've forbidden the F-word. Not "fuck" — "F." The letter F. Really.

Moraes today attempts to write about an episode of 30 Rock revolving around a fake reality show called MILF Island. See if you can detect her displeasure at the rules imposed on her.

On the April 10 episode of "30 Rock," the staff of the late-night show "TGS" has become obsessed with a new reality hit called "MIL[letter that's been deemed too naughty for The Washington Post when it follows M, I and L] Island."

For the uninitiated: MIL[WaPo Scarlet Letter] stands for Mothers I'd Like to [have sex with].

In this episode of "30 Rock" -- which NBC says also is titled "MIL[WaPo Banned Letter] Island" -- network bigwig Jack (Alec Baldwin) is watching the riveting finale of this reality-series hit, pitting the final two contestants, Debra vs. Deborah, when he is blindsided by a blind item in a newspaper gossip column. In it, a network staffer calls him a "Class A moron" and adds, "That guy can eat my poo."

Yes, it really says "poo" -- I have not been compelled to use "poo" by the WaPo Decency Police.

[h/t Ted Frank]

Posted by Daniel Radosh

Comments

Yes, it is silly but can we at least agree that the whole "MILF" thing is demeaning and sexist? It re-enforces the notion that a a women's only value is her physical qualities.

(It's not all puns and quips with me, you know, I do have a sensative side.)

They've banned a letter? I think the proper response would be civil disobedience, Oulipo style.

Lets see what happens when the cunts try and abolish the letter C and all its phonetic variants -- ABC, NBC and CBS will be all at sea; Star Wars will have to be re-edited with just 3PO (unless people get too PO'd by that, and ban the PO combination). I don't see how any of this can be implemented with any efficacy.

GilbertBob:

Is "efficacy" a double pun?

Due to the latest censorship rules, I can only say:

"icka"

Note to all (especially al in la):

I just want to make it clear that my earlier use of the C word was not referring to women and was not meant in any way to be demeaning to women.

I was using the The Compact Oxford English Dictionary definition which defines "cunt" as "an unpleasant or stupid person, such as Washington Post editor"

I would have just left out every single "F" from the entire article and replaced it with an asterisk.

It would look like this:
On the April 10 episode of "30 Rock," the sta** o* the late-night show "TGS" has become obsessed with a new reality hit called "MIL* Island."
For the uninitiated: MIL* stands for Mothers I'd Like to [have sex with].

In this episode o* "30 Rock" -- which NBC says also is titled "MIL* Island" -- network bigwig Jack (Alec Baldwin) is watching the riveting *inale of this reality-series hit, pitting the *inal two contestants, Debra vs. Deborah, when he is blindsided by a blind item in a newspaper gossip column. In it, a network sta**er calls him a "Class A moron" and adds, "That guy can eat my poo."

Yes, it really says "poo" -- I have not been compelled to use "poo" by the WaPo Decency Police.

Oops, I think I left one or two still in.
(should be "*or the uninitiated")

Tina *ey? Isn't she the popular Canadian star?

NB that the Washington Post does print the word "snafu."

"Yes, it is silly but can we at least agree that the whole "MILF" thing is demeaning and sexist? It re-enforces the notion that a a women's only value is her physical qualities."

No it doesn't. It reinforces the notion that a middle-aged woman's only value is her physical quality. Old women are jsut totally useless.

hmmm. I guess Mil* might be sexist to some, but really it is just sexual. Around here there are plenty of Dads I would like to (have sex with). So would it be sexist to name them DILFs or better yet FILFs. People need to get grip and realize there is a difference between sexist and sexual.

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