Keepin' it real on Canadian TV
A continuous source of nationalcivic pride for me as a Canadian has been the unprudish nature of our advertising standards relative to our neighbours to the south. I mean, damn straight we showed Janet Jackson's boob over and over again in news coverage without pixelation. Damn straight people can say "fuck" unbleeped on The National. Damn straight we had The Sopranos uncensored on conventional network TV--granted, a year or so after everyone had seen the episodes already. Damn straight when archive footage of 9/11 is aired, we show angles of the planes crunching into the towers good and close, rather than the various patriotic editing tricks CNN made standard policy starting September 18th or thereabouts.
On that note, some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that apparently the version of The Tudors airing Tuesdays at 9 on CBC has been subject to editing that's been culling the amount of visible skin relative to the show's authentic cut aired on premium-cable-channel Showtime. If the standards of public decency set by the series' predecessor-of-sorts, Rome, are any indication, this means that the adorable Natalie Dormer's substantial pair of Boleyns have likely been out for a jaunt or two unseen by Canadian eyes. This is a shame, as I feel this would tremendously improve the show's watchability--what I've seen has fallen far short in terms of the sheer naughty fun that Rome was, even when that show's characters kept their clothes on. (Vorenus and Pullo versus the gladiators remains the greatest five minutes of television in years.)
The good news is that Canada remains capable of putting out PSAs that blow pussy American your-brain-on-drugs clean out of the water. Check out reaction from our Yankee brethren here and here to the latest Ontario WSIB spots, which I've embedded below. Not sure if I prefer the borderline Looney-Tunes violence of the construction worker spot, or the gore and screaming of the cook one.
So be proud, Canada. We may be slipping in the sex and loose morals department, but shocking stool-loosening violence? We've still got it, baby.
On that note, some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that apparently the version of The Tudors airing Tuesdays at 9 on CBC has been subject to editing that's been culling the amount of visible skin relative to the show's authentic cut aired on premium-cable-channel Showtime. If the standards of public decency set by the series' predecessor-of-sorts, Rome, are any indication, this means that the adorable Natalie Dormer's substantial pair of Boleyns have likely been out for a jaunt or two unseen by Canadian eyes. This is a shame, as I feel this would tremendously improve the show's watchability--what I've seen has fallen far short in terms of the sheer naughty fun that Rome was, even when that show's characters kept their clothes on. (Vorenus and Pullo versus the gladiators remains the greatest five minutes of television in years.)
The good news is that Canada remains capable of putting out PSAs that blow pussy American your-brain-on-drugs clean out of the water. Check out reaction from our Yankee brethren here and here to the latest Ontario WSIB spots, which I've embedded below. Not sure if I prefer the borderline Looney-Tunes violence of the construction worker spot, or the gore and screaming of the cook one.
So be proud, Canada. We may be slipping in the sex and loose morals department, but shocking stool-loosening violence? We've still got it, baby.
Labels: advertising, canada, cbc, janet jacksons boob, pop culture, sex, television, violence
posted by Tom at 5:25 PM
1 Comments:
yes methinks The Tudors now needs to take a weekly place in my viewing schedule :-)
12:05 PM, November 30, 2007
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