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February 24

Wikipedia article about the effect of the 9/11 attacks on TV shows and films

I recently read a Wikipedia article about how certain TV shows and films, etc., made changes and edits as a result of the 9/11 attacks. For example, it said that the TV show Friends made a joke about a bomb in an airport; after 9/11, they edited that part out of the show before airing it. Stuff like that. Now, I can't seem to find that article. Any ideas? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:34, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of entertainment affected by the September 11 attacks. --Jayron 32 03:41, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's exactly the one. Thanks. It's odd that it did not appear in search results when I typed in the "obvious" search terms. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 06:35, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Media are often affected by dramatic news events. The movie Dr. Strangelove, filmed in 1963 and released early in 1964, cut out some bits that seemed macabre in light of the JFK assassination. In the late summer of 1966, the film Psycho was scheduled to be shown on network TV for the first time. Illinois senator Charles Percy's daughter was brutally murdered by a knife-wielding assailant, and the shock of this national story caused the network to postpone showing the film. More recently, after the attacks in Paris this past fall, several TV shows with episodes about bombings and the like, substituted other episodes, and aired the originally-scheduled episodes at later dates. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:05, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In the case of Dr. Strangelove, its release date was also postponed. You will occasionally see references to it as a 1963 movie, as it was originally intended to premiere then. --69.159.9.222 (talk) 05:52, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There were also TV shows that made use of the Islamic terrorist stereotype, such as 24. StuRat (talk) 06:30, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Earlier than that was the 1985 film Back to the Future which specifically named Libyan terrorists. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:24, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Coup had to change the cover of one of their albums, because it depicted an exploding World Trade Center. This should probably be mentioned in List of entertainment affected by the September 11 attacks, it got quite a bit of media attention. Of course Jeru the Damaja's album The Sun Rises in the East also contains a cover with an exploding WTC, but that album was released in 1994. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 09:57, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I added a note to the Talk Page on that article. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:59, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:55, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]