The use of profanity or slang has become commonplace in everyday conversations around the world. However, in this section, we are interested in how such swear words harden in celluloid and take a stronger form, and how they overcome other very conservative celluloid forms.
This is not a research paper either; but, interestingly, there is a lot of research on the gradual hardening of swear words in Hollywood movies - researchers even list films with the maximum number of swear words used in character dialogues and find a maximum of about a thousand such expressions. in a film of about 90 minutes. In ancient times, Western societies were also conservative, so abusive words were relatively innocent, such as "hack," "or hell," "cursed shooter," "bull," and so on. The shift to harsh words, including "f ***" or "f ********" or "as **** e," can be traced back to the early 1970s in Hollywood movies. Over time, it continued to move steadily until the early 1990s, and then progress was exponential in almost every film that used these words fluently. It is said or believed that developing countries such as India will lag behind any "progress" in America, or almost twenty years. So, first we look at the scenario in India.
This is not a research paper either; but, interestingly, there is a lot of research on the gradual hardening of swear words in Hollywood movies - researchers even list films with the maximum number of swear words used in character dialogues and find a maximum of about a thousand such expressions. in a film of about 90 minutes. In ancient times, Western societies were also conservative, so abusive words were relatively innocent, such as "hack," "or hell," "cursed shooter," "bull," and so on. The shift to harsh words, including "f ***" or "f ********" or "as **** e," can be traced back to the early 1970s in Hollywood movies. Over time, it continued to move steadily until the early 1990s, and then progress was exponential in almost every film that used these words fluently. It is said or believed that developing countries such as India will lag behind any "progress" in America, or almost twenty years. So, first we look at the scenario in India.
When we were in school, it was not as modern as it is now, but of course, families were not conservative, they were cultured, and for polite families it was forbidden to use profanity. Any rude words in circulation were limited to a few back seats and used only local slang. Most of us are shocked when we hear such words. However, we sometimes learned very rare local jargon, and in the spirit of a new discovery of a word I had never heard before, I sang it in front of my mother. My mother angrily ordered me to remain silent, and I again taught her to be polite.
During college days, some external influences from other parts of the country (mostly from the north) always gave new and strongly insulting jargon to their mother or sister. The number of words learned in higher education has grown significantly, gradually shifting to the "f" or "a" type in the eighties, as evidenced by the above fact about the Hollywood films that started in the seventies. Of course, this does not mean that the phenomenon is a function of the growth of higher education. However, we can say with confidence that this has a lot to do with modernity, urbanization and the frequent holding of international film festivals, which in turn means more "showing" Hollywood and other "liberal realist" films from other countries.
From the golden age of Bollywood or Hindi cinema in the 50s and 60s to today's technically grounded films, the main films have so far been largely frozen or free from modern swearing - limited to relatively innocent local insults. their goal is to make shopping "family entertainment" more secure. Only a few films that differed in terms of themes or plot lines or "very realism" used these harsh words selectively so as not to offend the members of the censorship council too much. Many filmmakers, especially modern “progressive” youths, have noticed the use of obscene language in their daily conversations, but still members of the censorship council have not continued the liberal dose for fear of censorship, which is prone to politeness or conservatism. becoming more and more tolerant. The main TV series in India, of course, are completely free from real swear words due to the "family" perception. Remember, we are not talking about sexual content or rudeness in any national / regional movies or series.
In modern digital India, Hollywood films with a growing exposition of young people have ruthlessly entered the Over The Top (OTT) system, which produces and broadcasts serials / films, until recently there were no censorships or regulators for these productions. The Indian government has raised this "danger" to morality. Go to any series or movie on the OTT platform right now, and you'll find "content advice" that starts with the "fake language" aspect, among others. Previously, films with an R or X rating limited to young people under the age of 18 were available with a 13+ rating. This means that the words "f" or "a" are ready to swallow the country in the near future or have already done so. Almost every male or female character in OTT says the word "f" or "a" in almost any dialogue. Thanks to Hollywood, this is a fashionable "liberal" trend that is currently heating up.
But still. What? Is this the third type of realism in humanity? Researchers sayAccording to the report, Americans or Westerners use abusive language about about 1% of hardened varieties in their daily lives, and their films use it more than 25% in one film. This rule can be fully applied to the Indian people in relation to the OTT flow. In our opinion, the phenomenon of a couple saying "f ******** as **** e" to their spouse is still considered very insulting in any household in the world. Unfortunately, we often see Hollywood movies or Indian OTT movies in "family" scenes involving parents and even children.
If we need to laugh at this unique “realism” or worry about it, I would leave it to you if the members are really common on large, small and micro screens in households that are separated from each other. through the same screens.
Chinmai Chakravarti is a professional creative writer. She loves to see people always happy and smiling. So he devoted much of his writing time to jokes based on everyday life and observations. He became an officer of the Indian Information Service and in November 2019 was relieved of his post as Director of the Press Bureau in Calcutta. In 2017, he published his first book of humor "Smile, Laugh" and his second comedy "Sad Driver and" in 2017. Other fairy tales in 2021.