Bullets removing the "F word" at certain performances — Page 2

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EXACTLY! WEST SIDE STORY, fine! SPRING AWAKENING (which is actually about teenagers), no way! The one that really gets me is when schools do GREASE and sell it as a "family show." Pregnancy scare? Girls have to be sluts to get their man? Nothing says "family" like that!

There are so many other things in BULLETS which should keep school groups away - glorified violence and 2 gangland-style murders... the Irving Berlin joke... oh, and I see the "Hot Dog Song" has been discussed, but how about the very vivid description of the floozy's ability to pick quarters up off the floor with her vagina? Makes the "F" word rather benign, doesn't it?

Of course, is BULLETS the ONE show you' want to bring people to?

I can just recall Helen Sinclair said "I don't like f*cking mutts" in this performance. It's not a big deal for anyone.
If the F word should be censored, what about the hot dog song? It's much more inappropriate to kids than a F word.

So the joke about the little black boy in the closet, is in? The machines guns are in? The deaths are in? The whole song about a big c*ck is in? Hm... People are stupid.

"They remove the F word but the killings and repeated use of a machine gun is OK?"

Not to mention the nonsensical finale full of singing and dancing- after all, I'm sure some "enlightened" principals will imagine it could turn students gay!

"I worry for our future and the future of the arts."

So do I. The present is plenty worrisome enough.

But here's a thought. Why don't they just cut the word out of the script entirely? In the good old days, some very fine musicals. -- much finer than Bullets --- never used it and survived quite nicely, as did the audience.

How about Bullets, and everything else, following their example.

Updated On: 4/18/14 at 07:50 AM

Ridiculous. I don't think Woody Allen has ever produced what could be considered a family-friendly entertainment in his life. His work has always been edgy and risque and geared towards sophisticated adult audiences, including the film version of "Bullets."

If I was going to choose a show from the current lineup for a school outing, I'd probably choose "Of Mice and Men," since that's a tried and true classic of the American theater and the novella version is a standard part of the high school curriculum. You're welcome, James.

What year is this again? Really?

So they're going to remove the F word so those students don't hear it. Have they figured out a way to prevent those same students from USING the word?

"This show was f____ awesome"
"She was so f_____ funny"
"What the f___ was going on in that scene?"

Years ago, the middle school in my town used to go see Wicked as the eighth grade field trip. I can't imagine a school group- even high school- going to see this show. A good friend of mine saw Phantom with his high school band when they visited NYC and my cousin always takes her classes to see The Lion King, and they saw Fiddler on the Roof back when that was on Broadway. Wicked, Phantom, Lion King, Aladdin, Newsies, even Matilda and Pippin-which is done in schools all the time- would be better choices for schools.