Disney Plus should eliminate all uses of the F-word in its presentation of the film version of “Hamilton,” according to the Parents Television Council.
What’s going on:
The PTC has called on Disney Plus to rethink its use of the F-word in the upcoming PG-13 presentation of the Broadway play “Hamilton,” which will be released on Disney Plus on July 3.
PTC President Tim Winter released a statement about Disney Plus’ decision:
“We applaud Lin-Manuel Miranda for wanting to reach the broadest possible audience for the film version of his epic and brilliant Broadway musical, Hamilton, and for allowing the removal of harsh profanity in order to do so. But Disney’s decision to allow even one ‘f-word’ to be heard on its Disney+ platform – a platform that bears Walt Disney’s name and that is marketed directly and primarily to millions of families with children – is shameful. Even with the stated permission from the program’s creator to remove them, Disney is choosing to keep an f-bomb in the film.”
“The MPA’s own rating system that enables one ‘f-word’ must be reevaluated. Most families consider any usage of that word greater than zero to be vile and totally off-limits. And Disney needs to recall its swarm of lobbyists who are crawling all over Capitol Hill, working to prevent a legislative update to the Family Movie Act, and preventing parents from using content filtering technology to block explicit material that they find harmful or offensive.”
Some context:
- Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda said two of the three F-words within the play have been dropped from the streaming version. The Motion Picture Association of American only allows one use of the F-word in PG-13 films, which I wrote about for the Deseret News this week.