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Current Talk '05 I / Re: Did the censor police ever take issue with anything done on Dark Shadows?
« on: April 21, 2005, 10:59:49 PM »I knew there was more women getting slapped by men on the show. I can't believe they allowed that and not the use of the word 'vampire'.
Considering the abundance of it on all the soaps at the time, it's hard to imagine that any of the networks' censors had any problems whatsoever with violence towards women.
[spoiler]One of the worst examples of physical violence on DS has to be the scene between John Yaeger and Buffie Harrington in 1970PT episode #1002. It's somewhat left up to interpretation as to whether he raped her or not (though the fact that Yaeger is seen buttoning his shirt could be a strong indiction that he did), but we definitely know that he beat her. But as bad as that one is, the worst example of violence, IMO, is probably in episode #997 when Yaeger tells Buffie, "You're like a dog - you have to be hit to learn." I think that's one of the most degrading things any DS character ever said to another character, man or woman - and a perfect example of how verbal violence can actually be much worse than physical violence. (Though I do have to say that his remark is amazingly effective in the scene because the whole point is to show what a misogynist pig Yaeger is.)[/spoiler]