![]() Since M.A.S.H, many films have used the word for character development, authenticity or just to make the dialogue pack more of a punch. On the other end of this, it is difficult to find an R-rated film that doesn’t revel in profanity.Īrguably the most popular of all swear words, the one we all use more than any other, is the f-word and its many variants. For filmmakers seeking a wider audience, and therefore avoiding an R-rating, replacements, suddenly cutting away or mixing in other sounds are used to disguise the use of swear words. Now-a-days, swearing is so common in film that often a swear word only needs to be hinted at or begun to be formed for the audience to understand what word is being communicated. ![]() Director Robert Altman claims it was a case of improvisation by the actor but it would act as the beginning of cinema’s obsession with the word. The first Hollywood film to use the word “fuck” post Hayes Code was M.A.S.H. Once it was lifted in 1968, and a new ratings system was put in place, cinema embraced profanity with open arms and moist lips. Swearing in films was banned in 1934 after the instatement of the Hayes Code. Many claim that the first film to use the word “fuck” was in a 1933 animated film called Bosko’s Picture Show although this fact has been disputed. What’s in a swear word? Why do we get such a thrill from using and hearing them? Is it the forbidden nature of the words? Or the beautiful way in which they roll off the tongue and add a little spice to a sentence? Whatever the reason, a large majority of us love them and cinema reflects this.
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