obscene words from deadwood

Dennis Baron debaron at UIUC.EDU
Mon Mar 8 23:14:27 UTC 2004


I think they're probably thinking, language-wise, that using words like
piss off and cocksucker are authentic because they're gritty, and they
equate grit in dialogue with realism. Not just grit, but bodily noises,
as in the post-bean scene in Blazing Saddles. Everybody knows that
cowpokes used bad language, nu?

Dennis



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