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Is it appropriate to edit creative content?

Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 2 months ago to The Gulch: General
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We have a radio playing at work and the song "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits was on this morning. In the song they use a homophobic slur to describe the way they feel people look at musicians. The station I was listening to edited out that word. No attempt was made to replace it there was just the brief silence. With so many song options I wondered why they would play a song if they disagreed with any of its content? I don't like editing like this and wondered what you guys thought. This is a link to the song and video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7...

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  • Posted by khalling 9 years, 2 months ago
    like Turner colorizing movies.
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    • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 2 months ago
      Was Turner's colorizing to make a political statement? I don't think so. I think it was a move to beat the competition with new technology. (Sometimes it wasn't an improvement, but in the free market one could change the channel.)
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    • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 2 months ago
      Yes. I used to like that and thought the technology was cool but I have changed my mind. I heard a director interviewed who said he would shoot differently in black and white than he would color. Colorizing changes the creative expression of the film. I feel the same way when they edit profanity out of movies to show them on free channels. I would prefer they just not be shown at all.
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      • Posted by Technocracy 9 years, 2 months ago
        The one good thing from colorizing was cleaning up the film as far as scratches and what not. I used to turn the color off and watch them as cleaned up black and white. Clean black and white does look far better a lot of colorized versions of B&W movies.
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        • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 2 months ago
          In terms of shadows and even the color of clothes I think directors would have made different choices had they have shot the film in color. I'm not sure it's fair to add the color later and say that this is what the film would have looked like. Is this violating any laws? Is it unethical? I'm starting to think yes...it's unethical.
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          • Posted by Technocracy 9 years, 2 months ago
            I agree, its why I would turn off the color, it was directed for B&W.

            On the ethics issue.....

            Ethical questions are so far away from the instant gratification, give me all I want when I want culture we have to deal with now, Hubble can't even see them anymore.

            Well maybe that's hyperbole, but not terribly much.

            The only people that mention ethics now are also the people that would not cross the ethical lines in the first place.
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