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as increasing casual racism, because it introduced viewers to anti-black (and anti-white) insults they hadn't even heard before. The BBC official whose job is to discourage 'offensive' words is interviewed, and is seen with the list of words that were once seen as the least-desirable for broadcast
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would have been in first place, had viewers complained after watching it. In the end, the BBC received approximately 50,000 complaints before screening the controversial opera, mainly from
Christians unhappy with
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actors says he was unhappy with the decision to cut his scene, simply because choosing to film it was a difficult decision for a
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content and disturbing images on television. The documentary itself could have become notable as an explicit programme, but
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charter forbidding him from appearing live on the channel. Ryder, in fact, swore 14 times during his live performance of "
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in the early 1990s, and how some broadcasters tried to put this youth culture on TV, in such shows as
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in a segment called "Reclaiming 'Cunt'". This received three complaints and was not even noticed by presenters
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