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by aaronax 1837 days ago
Indeed, even with edgy "out there" content it is important to have "restraint" like you said...someone with a vision of what the product will be.

This can also be seen in the Trailer Park Boys TV show. Seasons 1-7 under the direction of Mike Clattenburg do have a lot of swearing and dirty jokes, but it is always genuinely good humor, or serving plot and character development maybe. I'm sure I don't describe it well, but "I know it when I see it."[0] The following seasons with other directing/production have lost that tact and restraint; like they just call someone 5-6 dirty words in a row, funny only for the shock value of the words. Not funny.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it

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RIP Jim Lahey.