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I'm not American but I love the self-censoring on television before the 2010s. So many funny ways to avoid saying "fuck"
The sci-fi TV show Farscape did a masterful job of this. They made up alien swear words that the viewers had never heard before, but it was crystal clear what real english words they were replacing.
I never really liked frell as a replacement for fuck honestly, the sound is a little too round to put energy behind it. Was best when it was used in a sort of defeated, resigned reaction to things getting worse. Because of course it's getting worse.
The swears from Expanse's lang belta are my favourite, ya lik pashang! Easily the most creative of sci-fi swear replacements, the intent still carries through clearly to the viewer and they have good range. Though it wasn't used to escape censors.
Frak from BSG gets points for still being able to convey the same range as fuck, but loses them all for being the least creative.
"flark" anyone remember this one? I don't remember what show it is from and it's possible my brain made it up.
Quick google says it's from Guardians of the Galaxy
Farscape was brilliance
I was making posts on it a little while ago while I was in the high highs of Season 2, but I have to be honest the later half was kind of disappointing on rewatch.
Jool's super scream every episode she's in of Season 3 caused me actual pain. I'm a little sensitive to sound, but even if you're not this is still the most annoying shtick for a character ever imagined. John is also no longer devolving into madness, now he's angsty and it's a lot less entertaining. The one real standout episode is the one where D'Argo and John have to rescue Jool and Chiana after a bender. I have some problems with it, but the dynamic between the boys is very fun.
Season 4 ditches Jool, which is a huge plus, but the show is clearly running out of ideas at this point. It's much lower energy and it's recycling a lot of earlier stuff. John strapping a nuclear bomb to himself is a great moment, but it is just a moment in an otherwise pretty underwhelming three parter. This season is also the most problematic of the bunch. Rape, transphobia and the episode where it's revealed D'Argo was a wife beater, but it's okay because he didn't kill her.
Oh, yeah, that hurts. I'm also sensitive to sound. I haven't figured out how to watch TV so that it doesn't hurt and I can also understand the dialogue.
Noise cancelling headphones or earbuds might work - they'll minimise background sounds and distortion, so you can hear more clearly at lower volumes.
Even then, the mixing on a lot of shows is deliberately bad so that explosions/gunfights are louder than dialogue (I blame Christopher Nolan). Mostly for newer shows, so Farscape might be okay.
Ugh, I hate that. It's like everything has constant deep, industrial white noise too.
Nolan is totally to blame for that.