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An NBC advertising ban, competing accounts of the firing, and material removed for the PG-13 cut
In the discussion (5)
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- NBC reportedly banned advertising for the movie, though the sourcing is openly questioned. — Bill Simmons
- A later interview complicated the familiar account that one network executive alone caused the comedian's firing. — Sean Fennessey
- A deleted sequence involved donuts photographed around the leads’ genitals. — Bill Simmons
- In the jail scene, an explicit phrase visible on the speaker's lips is dubbed over. — Bill Simmons
- The dead-prostitute and Saigon material makes the family rating itself seem inconsistent. — Sean Fennessey