Tuesday, November 08, 2005

The Pussy Conundrum on Arrested Development

Arrested Development featured an interesting voiceover commentary on the word "pussy" and the contexts in which it can be discussed on tv. In England pussy is just shorthand for "pussycat," and thus a harmless word, whereas here it is considered a vulgar euphemism in American. Later on the narrator, as he often does, goes all post-modern by self-referentially noting it was shame that they had to bleep the word out when used in its proper English context.

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