Argh! No fair, no fair!

[ealgylden]

I've been dying to see Warrior Queen on PBS since they first started teasing me with it months ago. So there I am at 9:00, tape in the VCR, finger on the record button, sugary snacks at hand... and up on the screen pops Madame Mall-Hair from the local PBS station, explaining that there will be no Warrior Queen tonight. No, it had to be sent back and "reedited for content," and instead we're getting something called Almost a Woman, the heartwarming story of a young Puerto Rican girl's coming-of-age in 1960's NYC. Aw, that's nice. I want Alex Kingston killing Romans! I want Boudica! No fair! Gimme my warrior queen!

There should be a mood icon for "throwing a childish tantrum," though admittedly that's a bit unwieldy. Hmph.

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Re: Censorship

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

That totally sucks! Heaven forfend we show anything like accuracy in history. Wonder if part of it was the coup de grace by the Romans at the end of the final battle.

I had wondered when the timeslot was only an hour and a half long, and the DVD was two hours, but I didn't expect them to be so up front about their cutting. I guess that's better than hiding it, maybe? No one around here has said they liked it much, so at least I didn't miss high art or anything. It hasn't shown back up on the schedule though, which is annoying.