Matching Pairs BowderlizationOnline version Match the Type of Bowdlerization with it's definition. by Taleah Kenney [Western HS] 1 Spared by the Adaptation 2 Abridged for Children 3 No Swastikas 4 Family-Friendly Stripper 5 Positive Discrimination 6 Family-Friendly Firearms 7 Gosh Dang It to Heck! 8 Frothy Mugs of Water 9 Digital Bikini 10 She's a Man in Japan, Get Back in the Closet, and Hide Your Lesbians 11 No Smoking 12 Never Say "Die" 13 We All Live in America 14 Too Soon 15 Adaptational Modesty 16 Black Blood and Made of Bologna This involves the removal the "ethnic gesture". It might be as subtle as obscuring onscreen foreign characters or changing the names of people and places. Taken to extremes, the dubbed script is filled with local pop culture references that were not in the original and scenes of uniquely foreign conventions are edited out. Replacing realistic weapons with more fantastic or less lethal, often silly, ones. Strip clubs and other sex establishments have the workers in relatively "innocent" skimpy clothes rather than being naked, topless, or in some kind of overt fetish costume. Editing, delaying, or banning something due to the plot being similar to a real-life current event that may be considered to be done in poor taste Using digital editing to add clothes to naked people or to make someone's clothes less revealing. Replacing sensitive words with their "safer" variants If works are edited to remove material "unsuitable" for minors. Making the body count of an originally violent work significantly lower, or zero. Removing offensive imagery. An adaptation makes a character's usual dress sense much less revealing than in the original, or tones down or cuts incidents involving characters being naked or partially-clad. The villain can't be a member of a race, ethnic group, religion, or social class that has historically been persecuted. Even when the group the hated character represents hasn't been persecuted, may still come into play if the group the character represents wields a lot of power in society and threatens a boycott of the work. Replacing alcohol with non-alcoholic drinks (usually juice, soda, or water) and hand-waving the drunken behavior as "acting crazy" or "being a jerk". Covering up extreme gore and blood through digital editing or redrawing the carnage so it's less shocking. Characters can't mention anything about death and the afterlife because it may be too upsetting; even ghosts might be seen as too creepy for kids. In many cases, the word "kill" can never be used, even if it's in a comedic context. Characters can't enjoy a cigarette (be it tobacco — or, in more extreme cases, cannabis, crack cocaine or meth), lest more impressionable viewers imitate what they see. Changing a homosexual or transgender character into a heterosexual or cisgender character (and turning their gay or lesbian relationships into heterosexual ones) for less tolerant audiences.
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