The History of Swear Words (Netflix) -- Hosted by Nicolas Cage -- Premieres 1/5/21
12-09-20, 12:19 PM
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The History of Swear Words (Netflix) -- Hosted by Nicolas Cage -- Premieres 1/5/21
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/nic...ix-1234849387/
Nicolas Cage will host “History of Swear Words,” a proudly profane series about expletives for Netflix in January.
The six-episode series will dive into the origins, pop culture usage, science and cultural impact of swear words, such as “fuck,” “shit,” “bitch,” “dick,” “pussy” and “damn.” In each 20-minute episode, Cage will conduct interviews with historians, entertainers and experts in etymology and pop culture.
Guest stars on “History of Swear Words” will include comedians like Joel Kim Booster, DeRay Davis, Open Mike Eagle, Nikki Glaser, Patti Harrison, London Hughes, Jim Jefferies, Zainab Johnson, Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, Baron Vaughn, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
The series is produced by Funny or Die and B17 Entertainment, and Bellamie Blackstone serves as the showrunner and an executive producer. Fellow EPs include Mike Farah, Joe Farrell and Beth Belew for Funny Or Die and Brien Meagher and Rhett Bachner for B17 Entertainment.The series marks Cage’s latest foray into television. In May, Variety exclusively reported that the actor would play Joe Exotic, the infamous and imprisoned tiger owner in Netflix’s “Tiger King,” in an upcoming scripted series. Known for his extensive film history, the Joe Exotic role will be Cage’s first regular TV role.
In 2020, Cage appeared in the sci-fi martial arts movie “Jiu Jiutsu” and lent his voice to the animated sequel “The Croods: A New Age,” in which he reprised his role of family patriarch Grug Crood. One of Cage’s next films is a meta action comedy titled “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” where he will play a fictionalized version of himself to save his family from a crazy super fan.
“The History of Swear Words” will premiere on Netflix on Jan. 5.
The six-episode series will dive into the origins, pop culture usage, science and cultural impact of swear words, such as “fuck,” “shit,” “bitch,” “dick,” “pussy” and “damn.” In each 20-minute episode, Cage will conduct interviews with historians, entertainers and experts in etymology and pop culture.
Guest stars on “History of Swear Words” will include comedians like Joel Kim Booster, DeRay Davis, Open Mike Eagle, Nikki Glaser, Patti Harrison, London Hughes, Jim Jefferies, Zainab Johnson, Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, Baron Vaughn, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
The series is produced by Funny or Die and B17 Entertainment, and Bellamie Blackstone serves as the showrunner and an executive producer. Fellow EPs include Mike Farah, Joe Farrell and Beth Belew for Funny Or Die and Brien Meagher and Rhett Bachner for B17 Entertainment.The series marks Cage’s latest foray into television. In May, Variety exclusively reported that the actor would play Joe Exotic, the infamous and imprisoned tiger owner in Netflix’s “Tiger King,” in an upcoming scripted series. Known for his extensive film history, the Joe Exotic role will be Cage’s first regular TV role.
In 2020, Cage appeared in the sci-fi martial arts movie “Jiu Jiutsu” and lent his voice to the animated sequel “The Croods: A New Age,” in which he reprised his role of family patriarch Grug Crood. One of Cage’s next films is a meta action comedy titled “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” where he will play a fictionalized version of himself to save his family from a crazy super fan.
“The History of Swear Words” will premiere on Netflix on Jan. 5.
12-10-20, 03:48 PM
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Re: The History of Swear Words (Netflix) -- Hosted by Nicolas Cage -- Premieres 1/5/21
I have always found swear words interesting because we all form like an unbreakable compact with each other that certain words are "bad" even though we all know them and can think them in our head. It's in some ways the closest thing we have to magic as people really think just the utterance of certain syllables in a certain way can actually cause harm and mental damage.
12-12-20, 06:58 PM
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Re: The History of Swear Words (Netflix) -- Hosted by Nicolas Cage -- Premieres 1/5/21
Should have gotten motherfuckin' Sam Jackson to host this shit!
12-13-20, 10:04 AM
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Re: The History of Swear Words (Netflix) -- Hosted by Nicolas Cage -- Premieres 1/5/21
maybe they could do 6 episodes on Nic Cage's full on wig and dyed everything else.
12-22-20, 12:49 PM
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01-12-21, 05:56 PM
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So this was fun. Both lightly entertaining and informative. Recommended, as long as swear words don't offend you.
01-12-21, 05:59 PM
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Re: The History of Swear Words (Netflix) -- Hosted by Nicolas Cage -- Premieres 1/5/21
The Fuck episode was pretty entertaining.
I liked the myth "meaning of Fuck"
Fornication under the coronation of the King.
I liked the myth "meaning of Fuck"
Fornication under the coronation of the King.
01-13-21, 08:48 AM
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Re: The History of Swear Words (Netflix) -- Hosted by Nicolas Cage -- Premieres 1/5/21
I dont know... I kinda expected more. This shit is boring... LOL
01-13-21, 09:22 AM
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Re: The History of Swear Words (Netflix) -- Hosted by Nicolas Cage -- Premieres 1/5/21
I'm with you. This seems like just my type of show, but it didn't really click with me. I don't know exactly what it was. Maybe it leaned a little too much into the silliness. There were definitely some segments that didn't really add anything. I watched the second episode, too, and found my mind drifting. Not sure if I'll try the third.
01-13-21, 11:36 AM
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Re: The History of Swear Words (Netflix) -- Hosted by Nicolas Cage -- Premieres 1/5/21
I'm with you. This seems like just my type of show, but it didn't really click with me. I don't know exactly what it was. Maybe it leaned a little too much into the silliness. There were definitely some segments that didn't really add anything. I watched the second episode, too, and found my mind drifting. Not sure if I'll try the third.
01-13-21, 11:42 AM
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I watched the first 3 and agree. I expected more for some reason. 
01-13-21, 02:04 PM
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Re: The History of Swear Words (Netflix) -- Hosted by Nicolas Cage -- Premieres 1/5/21
Yeah, I was expecting more of an actual history of the origin of the words, but this ain't it. Still kind of entertaining, it features some comics that I like, but it isn't really what I was expecting.
01-13-21, 08:27 PM
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Yeah, a little light.
