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Synchronicity
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(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
19th May, 2018 05:51:30 AM
Some kind of Bowdlerise/Relationship Writing Fumble combo would apply to the specific examples.
Edited by Synchronicity
Roywood
Since: Jan, 2010
22nd May, 2018 04:42:23 AM
Thank you, but I'm looking for a more general trope, it doesn't have to be specific to incest (they were the only examples that came to mind, sorry), but to censorship in general which is way worse than the original intentions of the author.
Pichu-kun
Since: Jan, 2001
Roywood
Since: Jan, 2010
3rd Jun, 2018 04:56:14 AM
Yes, that is it. Thanks!
Roywood
Since: Jan, 2010
3rd Jun, 2018 04:56:14 AM
Yes, that is it. Thanks! (Accidental double post, sorry!)
Edited by Roywood
I'm looking for the name of this trope so I can read more on these cases.
One example which comes to mind is how the Francoist regime censored the movie Mogambo: in order to avoid the topic of adultery, they changed the relationship of the Nordleys from a wed couple to siblings, making them an incestuous couple in the process. Something similar happened with our version of Sailor Moon, in which the censors also changed a lesbian couple into clingy cousins. (Seriously, what's up with our censors and incest?)
So, how would you call this kind of trope, when censors make a medium more inappropiate than the original version?