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Oh come on, Travis. This is very simple. Which of the following two scenarios has the greater potential to cost a show viewership:
1) The Fugitive as it was originally produced, sans any profanity?
2) The Fugitive produced, with added profanity?
We both know the answer is clear. No one sat watching the Fugitive thinking, "You know, I'm going to turn this off because Gerard or Kimble hasn't said *@!%* during this entire episode." No one is going to be turned off because of a lack of profanity. But turn it around and insert profanity and you immediately begin to lose viewers who don't appreciate having to hear that stuff. And the more profanity you insert, the more viewers you lose. The reverse of that is not true. So you're point isn't really valid.
Gary "if you can eliminate offenses and still tell a great story, it only makes sense to do just that" O.
Originally Posted by TravisR
But it's not like the great elements of The Fugitive would have turned bad if they had cursed on the show.
Oh come on, Travis. This is very simple. Which of the following two scenarios has the greater potential to cost a show viewership:
1) The Fugitive as it was originally produced, sans any profanity?
2) The Fugitive produced, with added profanity?
We both know the answer is clear. No one sat watching the Fugitive thinking, "You know, I'm going to turn this off because Gerard or Kimble hasn't said *@!%* during this entire episode." No one is going to be turned off because of a lack of profanity. But turn it around and insert profanity and you immediately begin to lose viewers who don't appreciate having to hear that stuff. And the more profanity you insert, the more viewers you lose. The reverse of that is not true. So you're point isn't really valid.
Gary "if you can eliminate offenses and still tell a great story, it only makes sense to do just that" O.