I dont think that I am cloistered, but I am sick and tired of common vulgarity shoved into everyday life. Just sick of it.
Well, I feel the same way about many things but this movie is simply not one of them. You're really seeing and hearing things that are just not there.
The vulgarity you speak of was removed from the movie. Believe me I have read the written version of it many, many, times. He could write it good either way. It was a reality of where Shepherd grew up which was a steel mill town near Chicago. Yes kids in that era used foul language. But hang on a second. Look at what else came from that era. I invite you to research the origins of some great clean folk songs. Sweet Violets is one. Bell Bottom Trousers is another.
The era of The Great Depression & WW2 produced some of the crudest songs man could utter actually. The kids knew them also. My uncle was from the Chicago area and the Dad in the written version of that movie reminded me of him a lot. Shepherd re-wrote the story for a family tv movie and it was good. Hey remember the Christmas movie The Homecoming? The turkey thief and the bootleg sisters? Get my point? They were part of the era written about. Do I want to hear vulgarity all the time? By all means no. But I did enjoy reading his stories as they were very realistic for the time and place he was writing about.
I know what you mean. That swearing s4!t pi$$es me of too. Any a$$4@le that puts this cr@p in a childrens films should get thier nu+s kicked.
Note to self: Have Chickensoup moved to the "Just Darn!" ping list.