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zookeeper42
This movie is terribly crude. It comes on a 8PM on the west coast. I would rather it never be shown, but if it is please do not show when kids can watch it. Would you like to explain to your family why Jews are postured in such an anti-semitic way or why this totally obscene movie is put on TV The language and subjects are offensive.
lightspeed
This movie should not be shown on family TV.
KellyK
I could live without programming like this at any time of the day or night. I find nothing creative or entertaining about movies like this.
pecan123
Thank Goodness my children were not in the room or walking through when I had the misfortune to catch a portion of this movie Borat. Two naked men were engaging in what appeared to be pornagraphy. I was shocked and horrified at what was being played on basic cable in the middle of the day on a Sunday. Where are the censors! Shame on USA for allowing this to be shown.
yvette88
You'd think that the one thing the network who brought us Monk should know is that 'clean' works. You'd never know it from some of the stuff USA shows at all times of the day and night. Cable gets cut off once Monk wraps up. I saw this Borat movie--it should be a movie channel film only--like HBO, Showtime, etc. Completely disgusting. And I have no idea how they get away with all the anti-semitism either. While we're on the subject, they don't ever ever ever have to show the 40 Year Old Virgin again. Is it necessary that USA get their hands on every single movie that never ever had to be made?
yihaiwuqi
QUOTE (yvette88 @ Sep 30 2009, 08:53 AM) *
You'd think that the one thing the network who brought us Monk should know is that 'clean' works. You'd never know it from some of the stuff USA shows at all times of the day and night. Cable gets cut off once Monk wraps up. I saw this Borat movie--it should be a movie channel film only--like HBO, Showtime, etc. Completely disgusting. And I have no idea how they get away with all the anti-semitism either. While we're on the subject, they don't ever ever ever have to show the 40 Year Old Virgin again. Is it necessary that USA get their hands on every single movie that never ever had to be made?

I am so lucky to watch it yesterday. it is a so great movie.
yvette88
QUOTE (yihaiwuqi @ Oct 2 2009, 03:02 AM) *
I am so lucky to watch it yesterday. it is a so great movie.



I'm very happy you like the movie, and my own 21 year-old son thinks it's hilarious, however that's not the question this poll asks. The actual question, despite me and others offering our own opinion of the film, is whether this particular movie should be aired on a family channel, and if so, after what hour.

Some may believe the film can be shown at all hours, and some may believe it should only be shown during late hours like after 9 or 10. Some, myself included, believe it shouldn't be shown on USA at all. Personally, I've seen other shows come on USA at all hours of the day that featured content I objected to--namely, full-blown sex scenes. At that point, I shut those shows off and never turned them on again. Do they make changes when they lose a single viewer? Of course not, and they shouldn't. My own standards are different from everyone else's and I don't demand others take the same courses of action that I do. TV has gotten entirely too vulgar and crass for me. When Monk wraps, the cable comes out of my house.

You can like whatever you like. So can I. So can everyone else in here. I can't speak for the OP, but I'm not on a crusade to rage against those that like the film. Personally, I'd have no problem if Borat--and I'd throw in the 40-Year Old Virgin as well--were aired on premium movie channels where content can be whatever they choose to advertise and show.

The question here is whether Borat is appropriate for a family channel. I'm not sure that that's what USA Network puts itself out there to be or if that's even what they maintain during daylight hours. I'd like to think so, but I've seen programming on this station that suggests the opposite. I think they aspire only to provide shows that people like. If the ratings are strong, they'll air it--and that seems to be the case with most other networks.
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