Any1 See This? China won't air Friends because it's really all about sex?

I can't remember if I read this in the Wall Street Journal or the Seattle Times (I can't find it on a search, but I read it in one of the actual papers recently), but I read that the ministry of Truth in China (or whatever they call it, no offense) was considering airing Friends but declined after a review of the show revealed that the show was really about sex. LOL

On 23 Jan 2004 23:22:52 -0800, (Jaime) wrote:

I read it on google news some days ago, I don't remember which newspaper.

QUOTE (from The Australian) http://snipurl.com/41ce

Friends' has too much sex for China from correspondents in Beijing January 18, 2004

THE hit American sitcom "Friends" may prove too risque for Chinese television.

"I had thought the play focused on friendship, but after a careful preview I found each episode had something to do with sex," said Qin Mingxin of China Central Television's entertainment unit, in an article on the Web site of the Communist Party's People's Daily.

"The attitudes of the six close-knit young friends in the play cannot be generally accepted by Chinese audiences yet," Qin was quoted as saying this past week.

All television in China is government-controlled, and CCTV had planned to begin airing "Friends" this year. Staff are trying to edit out the sex talk, but "we will face many problems in translation and abridgment," Qin said.

"Friends" is already popular in China, as counterfeit DVDs of various seasons are available on the country's streets alongside fake Hollywood movies.

"Most youths on the Chinese mainland have watched the play and feel passionate about it. If we make too much trimming, I'm afraid they will not agree. But it is also impossible to accept it uncritically," Qin was quoted as saying.

"Friends" has been running on the US network NBC since 1994. The 2003-04 season is to be its last.

UNQUOTE

I'd love to know what would have happened if they were to air "Sex & the City". :)

Sebastiano

"Sebapop" wrote in message

It seems every country that don;t officially "like" or allow sex in any form of public(TV/newpapers/videos), has a major population issue, biggest teenage pregnancy rate and/or amount of single mothers. China, UK, etc.

It's a common sense that the more you ban something to young people, the more they want it! Shame someone intelligent doesn;t work up there in charge of country(s).

Gee

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:35:03 -0000, "Gee" wrote:

Yes, I agree. That works with nearly everything. I have a friend in Norway, where you are not allowed to drink until some age I don't remember, and she told me that drinking and getting drunk is absolutely common. It's not that in Italy we don't drink, but not as much as she told me. And in Italy you can drink anything anywhere. I think you can't drink alcohol in the pubs if you are below 14 y.o., but nobody bothers, and you can buy whatever you want. And juvenile alcoholism is not that common. Prohibitionism does not work. But heavy fines if you are found drunk while driving do work.

Sebastiano

gee i can think of a whole bunch of episodes that have nothing to do w/ sex!

[email] (Janie) wrote in message news:...

At first I thought I could, too, but they all come back to it. (Or were you being sarcastic?)

no i'm being serious. There are tons of episodes that have nothing to do w/ sex. Don't get me wrong, a lot of the episodes do mention sex, but a lot don't.

Yes, you *so* can. There was "The One Without Joey", right? ;)

You remember the "Grandma's chicken salad" thing? It was brilliant. ;)

Janie wrote:

name one then. I never really thought about, but when a friend said to me "Friends is just like any other sitcom, at the end of the day it's all about sex" I stopped to think and couldn't think of an episode to prove him wrong.

Friends has always been about who's sleeping with whom. And if not that, they threw in a bunch of more or less clever innuendos, so you can't really argue with what the Chinese dude said

the episode i watched yesterday: TOW in massapequa

Janie wrote:

8th line of the transcript: Phoebe: Yeah, he�s really great though. He has this incredible zest for life, and he treats me like a queen, except at night when he treats me like the naughty girl I am.

I rest my case.

cookie dude wrote in message news:...

i guess i forgot about that line. I'd have to go back an rewatch some episodes to find all of the ones that don't include sex. But i don't have time for that right now, so what about tow prom video?

cookie dude wrote in message news:...

i guess just forgot about that line. I'd have to go back and re-watch some episodes to really find episodes, but unfortunately i dont have time for it right now. But just off the top of my head...what about: TOW ross' new girlfriend TOW the list TOW the 2 parties TOW embryos

Janie wrote:

Aww... How nice of you to start with such an easy one! ;) Rachel winds up in bed with Paolo, having trouble adjusting to the idea of Ross & Julie

The teaser scene, but admittedly that's a little far-fetched. I'll have to go over the script for that one and get back to it later

Rachel telling Ross not to introduce himself to her father with the line "I'm the guy who's doing your daughter"

Several minor things, like Frank Jr. suggesting getting drunk to get pregnant worked for a bunch of girls in his school, a few things during the quiz etc.

It may not always be directly related to sex as the act itself, but more often than not it is. And if it is not, it is about the question of "who with whom" - which certainly applies for TOW the list

In article , cookie dude wrote:

There was one before that, in the 7th line:

CHANDLER: Oooh, did he put a little starch in your bloomers?

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote:

I wasn't so sure about that line, which is why I went with the easy one. What about TOW the list and TOW the embryos? My examples in these two cases admittedly aren't the best ones.

Andr�

In article , cookie dude wrote:

I thought the teaser of List was very sexual, Monica was practically orgasming at Rachel's description, his fingers in her hair; then Ross talked about his tongue. If one was so inclined, one one could read the whole piece as an cunnilingual allegory. And there's that whole thing that if Monica is prepared to cook naked, then she would dance naked.

One could argue that Embryos are directly linked with sex, but in this case they were produced in a petri dish. However, there is a dirty joke when Ross asks in what part of her body did Monica get a pencil stuck at age 14, and Chandler whispers something in Ross's ear which shocks him.

BTW, have you noticed that my review of 1010 is up? ;)

Tennant

Hong Kong is still a part of China and you can still watch Friends in Hong Kong.

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