I didn’t notice the Katharine Heigl moment, but in my Emmy post below, I referenced the cutaways Fox made from both Ray Romano and Sally Field while asking why the producers couldn’t have figured out a more elegant solution.
And what was it that caused the Emmy producers and/or Fox censors to jump on that button? What was the salty language that would have caused such an uproar?
Well, according to The Hollywood Reporter …
Ray Romano said “screwed,” as in “screwed my wife.”
Sally Field said, “goddamned” as in “there would be no goddamned wars in the first place.”
Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME? This is the country in which we live? These are the sensitivities to which we have to succumb? FUCK YOU Fox and Rupert Murdoch! FUCK YOU FCC for causing this kind of panic to which the word “screwed” and the implication of sex has to be bleeped or cut out of a live broadcast. (This is going to get this blog censored from half of your workplaces, I’m sure.) The Republicans are all concerned about the free speech issues involved with campaign finance reform that allows them (as well as the Dems, to be fair) to buy their ways into elective office, but their sure as hell going to continue to make sure that broadcasters don’t get away with any dirty words … like “screwed.” Or “goddamn” … my how that might have melted the brains of so many of the devoted in our nation. The Lord’s name in vain, etc. etc.
Personally, I found the lame-ass Wayne Brady/Rainn Wilson/Kanye West promotion of Don’t Forget the Lyrics (a show I actually kind of like) far more offensive than anything Sally Field said. Why didn’t you bleep that you assholes? Or just cut it out all together so that the show would have lost five of its 15 minute runover right there.
Reading this actually made me glad that this year’s Emmys appear to have been the lowest rated in the prime 18-49 demo ever and lowest in total viewers in nearly 20 years.
Out of Focus 