My sis-in-law and I found 27 Dresses airing on MBC Persia. MBC is a big free-to-air satellite broadcaster. There's MBC Sport, MBC Action, MBC 2, MBC 3, MBC 4 and the list goes on. When American shows or movies are showing, there is usually some censorship. Definitely the love scenes, some language...basically they turn R movies into about PG and a 1/2. I have noticed that the Persian (Farsi subtitles - spoken in Iran) station is even more censored than our regular Arabic MBC stations.
Back to 27 Dresses. All the cute kissing scenes were cut out, the Arabic MBC usually leaves them in. Then there was a conversation between the two main characters. She was yelling at him about using their relationship to 'pitch' a story for the newspaper. Well, 'pitch' was censored out. At first, I was totally confused. They weren't kissing, they weren't even talking about kissing. Then it occurred to me...take out the 'p' and put in a 'b' and it becomes a word many would think worthy of censorship.
Not only do they have a hard time saying that letter, they must have a hard enough time distinguishing the sound and would rather err on the side of safety. MBC Persia is relatively new to the MBC empire. They must not want to run the risk of further upsetting the Iranian Ayatollahs. With the current nuke issues, that might just push things over the edge.
And a final confession.
This dress:
I wore it to my Junior prom.
I didn't have the gloves...
but I did match dye the shoes.
I truly am ashamed.
Ya, I wore a dress like that, too. I had a green poofy thing in my hair as well. I believe I DID have the gloves and for sure the dye-matched shoes. :)
ReplyDeleteI was thinking "pitch" and then I got it and laughed right out loud!
ReplyDeleteToo funny!
Have fun with your sister in law! :)
Ah, the green pouffy sleeve dress. I remember it well. At least it has its just reward by being cut up in a million pieces into a quilt now.
ReplyDeleteBut, may I say, you looked much better in the green dress than Katherine Heigl.