93 minutes of linguistic chaos that'll make your grandma clutch her pearls.
A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.
Writing
The etymology rabbit holes are genuinely fascinating, filthy scholarship.
Production
Got Pat Boone AND Ice-T in the same room somehow.
Director
Steve Anderson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was rejected by 36 film festivals before finding distribution, ironically proving its central thesis about censorship.
Kevin Smith's anecdote about nearly getting an NC-17 rating for Jersey Girl's single use of the word directly influenced the MPAA's transparency around ratings.
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