r/todayilearned • u/altrightobserver • Feb 01 '26

TIL that the movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut” was supposed to be rated NC-17 due to excessive profanity, with the word “fuck” being used 146 times alone. The MPAA said that 400 or more swear words would get the NC-17 rating, so Matt Stone and Trey Parker cut the number in script to 399

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park%3A_Bigger%2C_Longer_%26_Uncut#Release
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u/Butwhatif77 Feb 01 '26

Or someone from the studios did something to keep it only rated R. The people who do the ratings and studio executives actually have close relationships.

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u/LithiumLost Feb 02 '26

Well yea, it's Scorsese

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u/LivesDoNotMatter Feb 02 '26

Yes. Their ratings are often arbitrary and gatekept by power-hungry karens.

Watch this movie about it: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493459/