Last week my husband returned from Seattle on Delta Airlines, and told me he had some “Idol Chatter blog-worthy” news: As they crossed the country at 35,000 feet, they were treated to quite the interesting version of the Golden Globe-winning “The Queen.” All the references to “God” were bleeped out, he explained in shock. And not just the “Lord in vain” kind–but the “God save the Queen” kind too. As one after the other reference to God was edited out of the film, people all around him began questioning whether or not it was just them, or had somebody censored the film.
Turns out, they weren’t imagining things!
The Washington Post reports that yes, it’s true, “all mentions of God are bleeped out of a version of the film distributed to Delta and some other airlines,” and passengers have been hearing characters delivering lines in the following manner: “(Bleep) bless you, ma’am.” God is edited out a total of seven times.
Their explanation? It was a rookie employee blunder:
Jeff Klein, president of Jaguar Distribution, the Studio City, Calif., company that supplied the movie to the airlines earlier this month, said it was a mistake, committed by an overzealous and inexperienced employee who had been told to edit out all profanities and blasphemies.
“A reference to God is not taboo in any culture that I know of,” Klein said. “We excise foul language, excessive violence and nudity.
Who knew that God could be such a dirty word? Presumably Delta will either stop showing the film or begin screening a newly edited version, though no comment has been made by Delta about where they go from here. “The Queen” is still listed as in-flight entertainment on Delta’s website.
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posted January 28, 2007 at 4:47 pm
To anyone thinks Delta Airlines (or any airline) has anything directly to do with the specific content of the in-flight entertainment: I’m sure every get-rich-quick huckster would love to contact you! Of course, something as silly as the actual facts of the matter won’t stop gaggles of teeth-gnashing fundamentalists from spitting their venom at Delta Airlines.
posted January 28, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Well, what’s odd is.. this sort of thing was the result of trying too hard to censor content for the ‘values’ crowd, than to appease the secular sort. Likely a bad command to the computer.
posted January 28, 2007 at 7:35 pm
This, (in my opinion) says more about how poorly a lot of companies train their new employees than anything else.
posted February 7, 2007 at 6:19 am
oh my g*d! what a bunch of stupid theistic suckers. can any one with half a frontal lobe really care whether the god word appears in a film? there’s so many more places in the world where the evil of religion harms and destroys than to worry about whether someone says it in a film!
posted October 13, 2007 at 6:50 pm
This is terribly sad!!!!!!! They will all call on God when planes begin descending as they crash!!!!! See how much they bleep the name of God out then!!!!!