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Above: Occasionally there are some odd oversights--
Bart blowing bubbles is blurred, but Ralph in an opium den smoking
a pipe is not.
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Above: Smoking monkeys are also blurred
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Earlier: Smoking
on Thai TV - September 29, 2002
2Bangkok.com was once informed that UBC
had an understanding with the authorities so that UBC would not have
to blur out images of smoking. They would instead put a Thai-language
warning across the bottom of the screen when people smoke. They did
this for awhile, but in the last few months it appears they have gone
back to the original, government- dictated method of blurring the
screen when people smoke.
The blurring follows the cigarette as it moves around the screen,
but often they miss (as you can see by the frame below).
Another example was a documentary about Dino De Laurentis. He always
has a cigar in his mouth and every time his face was shown it was
blurred. Here's an article about Thailand's
ban on smoking on television. |
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Why was Bart’s toy pipe “smoking” bubbles was censored?
Because it is akin to portraying smoking I suppose.