Small screen’s not fond of adult jokes

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If censorship on the content in films and lyrics of songs wasn’t enough, acting on complaints received from the public, the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council further claimed that TV channels have been asked to air film award shows with jokes that have double-meanings and adult humour only after 11 pm.

Those in the entertainment business feel that such a move is “irrelevant”.
“In today’s day and age, when youngsters have access to adult content online, what harm can an award show with some casual jokes with double meanings do? Why can’t parents be asked to check on the content and decide if their kids should watch it or not? May be a parental guidance note before such award shows will help, but changing the time to post 11 pm is not a sensible step,” says actor Varun Badola.
Looking at the shows presented on the small screen throughout the day, postponing the time of award shows is not going to be of any help, assert many. “What difference does it really make? Even kids’ channels today have content that has double meaning sometimes. Some of the cartoons are violent too. Why don’t they monitor stuff like that? When you’re cracking a joke on stage, it can’t be anything silly, it has to have a double meaning and it can be adult too. Now they don’t expect us to crack Tom and Jerry jokes,” says actress Gauahar Khan.
There are some in the industry who feel it’s time contentmakers of these shows check the quality of their scripts.
Sandip Sickand from Sony tells us, “At certain award functions, the content is actually silly and the kind of jokes are not something you can sit and watch with your family. I think producers and television channels must look into the kind of content that goes on air but at the same time, I don’t think a restriction like this can help as adult humour is all over the Web.”