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Why does a show like Veep have to use profanity and crassness as such a gigantic crutch to stay relevant? My wife watches it and it's like they took the juvenile aspects of Eastbound and Down and multiplied them by a million. I think it would be a much funnier show if they dialed back that stuff.
- Veep is US version of The Thick Of It, brainchild of Armando Iannucci. Them Brits kind of pride themselves in creative swearing.garbage
- Also it's to illustrate the cut throat atmosphere of working in politics. If it gets too sweary forthey Americans, they already addressed that in the movie.garbage
- -they, https://youtu.be/q2F…garbage
- @Garbage Just because they addressed it doesn't make it any less of a crutch. Without Malcolm Tucker + british tact it just comes off as childish.twentyfive
- I don't see it as a crutch. Cursing can be a result of lazy writing, but I just don't see it in the case of The Thick of It. I don't watch Veep though, sogarbage
- ..maybe there is a point to be made.garbage
- ^its definitely employed much better in Thick of It. Veep has been relying on it too much for the past couple seasons imotwentyfive