That’s more personal than I like to share here, but vaguely I was in the rural Northeast while a rising tide of born-again Baptist churches absorbed Catholic and mainline Protestant communities. Maybe it was more obvious to me because of the flux.

In any case, you must at least remember Wal-mart’s role in demanding “clean” versions of rap and hip hop content (and punk) as those genres went mainstream. That was happening at a national level and persists to this day in all of our streaming services.

The genres had underground roots and artists were not devoted to satisfying the word or theme preferences of the Walton family’s target demographic, but producers and studios knew that obliging them with alternate versions was a compromise that paid worthwhile dividends.

Interesting, but I think misplaced. That all started in the 80s, Tipper Gore and the PMRC.

“Adjusted for television” or for play over the radio were broadcast standards that still exist.

Hell, I’m somewhat thankful for them. We had an issue at one of the youth sports games last fall. Music played between innings. The quote that came out of that one was, “I thought E meant ‘everyone’.

Yes, I know stuff is adjusted for broadcast, “find a stranger in the alps” still cracks me up. That’s not the same as not being able to describe tractors as black, or fat people as fat.

If you have ever watched a movie that was originally rated-R when it was on basic cable or broadcast tv then you have almost certainly seen abridged or edited verions of films. Or grew up watching Tom and Jerry or Warner Brothers cartoons on Saturday morning.