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  1. My theory is no. PC Culture isn't a new thing. It's an old thing with a catchy new name that people use for specific types of things they're told not to do. MTV was banned in my hometown for over a decade starting in the early 90's because a lot of Christian parents called and complained (around the time of Beavis and Butthead). Parental Advisory stickers started in 1985. I see a large intersection between the population who didn't want their kids exposed to crude jokes and bad language and the population who wants to be homophobic and sexist when they feel like it. Christians have always tried to protect their youth from heathens. But they (we) are also a big part of the population crying "PC Culture." I made this topic in part because I didn't want to annoy the people in teach's "80's movies that would offend people" topic anymore than I probably already have. I think the list of new movies that would be offensive to people in the 80's and earlier would be much longer. How would Brokeback Mountain have gone over? People were offended by Ellen's sitcom in the 90's as soon as her character came out. We've got tits flying around left and right on TV and gay people doing all sorts of "unsavory" acts, like being in lots of movies. We've got beastiality, women pooping in sinks, Doogie Howser f***ing everything in sight. It's like Sodom and Gomorrah out there. It's just that we're not supposed to be a$$hole$ to people based on their gender or sexual orientation. It's real tough living under that constraint amirite?? Now to go further into the movie thing - I like slapstick and crude. I know what it is going into it. But we've come a long way, in a positive way, when it comes to movies and sexism. Now... I'm going on a tangent about Carrie Fisher. I don't tend to give a crap about celebrity deaths but hers I did. I don't think it really dawned on me until she died that I grew up with her and she was a positive role model. I always took Leia for granted. But then I started to think of all the movies I've seen and I couldn't think of another single movie (and I hadn't seen Alien til a couple years ago), especially in that era, where the woman did heroic stuff and sometimes made the decisions for the men. I mean, she was a slave in a bikini for awhile, but she managed to strangle her captor, so it was all good. Most other movies with action have the woman standing atound screaming or looking scared. Princess Bride was great in how it made fun of that so that was another favorite. The point of all that is, while the 80's had some awesome movies, it's a wonderful thing that we're more cognizant in the types of roles that are created for women now. IF we have become more sensitive and it has led to that, I'm perfectly fine with it.
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