why the bleeped Chita?

[itstheM]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 3:13pm

I don't get why they needed to bleep her after she made the mistake with the names. All she said was "Forgive me." You can read her lips, it's what she says.

Posted: 6/6/05 at 3:24pm

Apparently when she made the mistake, she also cursed.

EDIT: I just realized you are the poster who was actually there.
But I read she dropped a bomb on a few other sites. Is that the case?
Updated On: 6/6/05 at 03:24 PM

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 3:32pm

man i must've missed it. what are you two talking about? lol.

[Madame X]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 3:47pm

She said "Jesus" after she nearly killed John Kander by accident.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 3:54pm

The producers we're probably just being overly careful. A lot of things that people used to be able to say on tv (pissed, ass, jesus, bitch) are now questionable at certain times because no one really knows for sure what is deemed "obscene" and what is not. If they had aired they probably wouldn't have been that big of a deal. Hopefully we'll be able to move past all this FCC silliness eventually.

[rKrispyt]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 4:12pm

oops, double post - see below

Updated On: 6/6/05 at 04:12 PM

[rKrispyt]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 4:12pm

lol, I asked the same thing last night.

My friends were like "did she just say the 'f' word?" and I was like "naw, she said "forgive me" and my friend was like "ah, but she said Jesus and George Bush is our president so it was censored" lol.

(sorry to any bush supporters...well, except not really)

but actually, didn't they bleep her before she even got out 'Kander'? She was like "Fred Ebb and John" and her mic went out. I thought it was a nice cover and like, I dunno, I really believed her (that she was so used to saying the two names together) and that she felt bad, she was classy about it - I mean, who says "forgive me" and not "oh f***, I'm sorry, I screwed that up" or something vulgar?

[tagiunagi]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 4:16pm

Chita: I am here to present an award for two composers we lost this year - Kander & Ebb. Oh ****! Kander didn't die.

[Madame X]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 4:19pm

Her mic didn't go out...she just suddenly realized what she was saying...

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 4:21pm

i just passed that part a few minutes ago and i realized what you mean. wonder why she was bleeped. she didnt seem to have been swearing.

[rKrispyt]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 4:38pm

tagiunagi, that's so not a quote, lol

she said Fred Ebb first, first of all...

Posted: 6/6/05 at 5:47pm

She did not use the f word. She started to say John Kander but stopped before she said Kander. She then apologized and said Jesus forgive me.

Tgiunagi that was not what she said. Not even close.


Updated On: 6/6/05 at 05:47 PM

[Madame X]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:30pm

Rewatching it just now, I don't think she said Jesus. I think she said goodness. And sitting in the theatre, I don't remember hearing anything that set off my bleep-dar. Tricky fingers those cbs folks have.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:32pm

Did anyone laugh when that happened?
I laughed really hard.
I mean, I feel guilty that I laughed, but I thought it was kind of sad in a funny way.

Wow, ohk, I'm a terrible person.

~Steven

[Madame X]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:33pm

Actually, if this thread hadn't been up, I would've thought it was an audio malfunction. They were all over the place last night.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:47pm

I don't know why they would have bleeped her if she didn't say the f word. Maybe she did, maybe she didn't. Obviously she was pretty embarrassed!

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 6/7/05 at 1:11am

She didn't curse at all. I was right there...she just corrected herself and said "I am so used to saying those two names together..."

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 6/7/05 at 2:05am

I just watched it again and it looked like she said "Jesus forgive me."

[TonyInATL]

Posted: 6/7/05 at 2:18am

Madame X, I think you're right. I really don't believe that Ms. Rivera's speech was censored, I just noticed that the show had audio problems throughout. Very often, mics would go out. Could this also be the reason for Victoria Clark using the hand mike at the beginning of Piazza's performance?

[alterego]

Posted: 6/7/05 at 2:22am

Chita33 and Elphaba3 are correct. (It wasn't bleeped here in Australia). What was said "Jesus forgive me". That of course isn't blasphemous, if she had just said "Jesus" then it would be. So why it was censored there is anyone's guess.
So, then the ceremony is on delay?

[neelyohara]

Posted: 6/7/05 at 2:34am

I'm sure the ceremony was on a delay this year as I know it certainly was last year in light of the Janet Jackson fiasco, a silly thing in my opinion but whatever. Ms. Rivera should not have been censored...that was so unnecessary.

[tagiunagi]

Posted: 6/7/05 at 2:54am

Ok, maybe I paraphrased the quote. I use the term "paraphrase" lightly

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 6/7/05 at 4:24am

"What was said "Jesus forgive me". That of course isn't blasphemous, if she had just said "Jesus" then it would be. So why it was censored there is anyone's guess."

Lesson #1 in why punctuation matters: It could have been intended to be written "Jesus! Forgive me..." I have used it as a expletive on occasion, so I'm guessing the guy with his finger on the bleep button could have interpreted it as such and played it safe by taking it out.

I just find it funny that CBS felt that Tonys warranted a time-delay. This is a (relatively) classy awards show, not the Superbowl Half-Time Show, or the MTV VMAs. Other than a few curse words, what horrible obscenities were they expecting would happen?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/7/05 at 6:11am

They did bleep out a few "naughty bits" (Wink Wink Nudge Nudge) during the DRS number

[adamnyc]

Posted: 6/7/05 at 9:01am

I missed the bleeping- i saw Chita but no bleeps
Chita rocks whether she is bleeped or not!