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History of Swear Words - Season 1
An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed hosted by Nicolas Cage. A loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words.
26 June 1970, Joliet, Illinois, USA
18 December 1980, Portales, New Mexico, USA
13 September 1954, South Bend, Indiana, USA
1958, Detroit, Michigan, USA
1 December 1970, Bedford, New Hampshire, USA
4 February 1977, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
January 07, 2021
Cage will keep you coming back for more, but the overall product is interesting enough to have a good time with.
January 14, 2021
History of Swear Words is going to put a smile on your face as you watch it and I can only hope that Cage and the producers are game to come back for a second season since we all know there are a lot more than six swear words.
January 15, 2021
The six-episode series, hosted by Nicolas Cage, is an odd mishmash of the academic and the juvenile.
January 07, 2021
Unfortunately, "History of Swear Words" is content to give us a once-over-lightly stroll through its not-ready-for-primetime lexicon.
January 08, 2021
Makes the most out of the talents of the great Nic Cage, and manages to say quite a bit about the history and influence of six specific swear words. [Full review in Spanish]
January 09, 2021
You'd be better off just reading Wikipedia entries for the history and watching "Face/Off" for your Cage.
January 07, 2021
The contributing comedians, among them Nick Offerman, Nikki Glaser, and Sarah Silverman, have their share of fun with the subject matter. But it's the linguists who really give the series its transgressive heft.
January 08, 2021
History of Swear Words may not be a deep examination of cussing but its playful nature, all-sides approach, and Nicolas Cage as its refined master of ceremonies, make for an entertaining, easily-digestible exploration of expletives.
January 07, 2021
Sadly, it adds up to very little. After all, studies have shown that we feel better when we swear - not when Nic Cage does it for us.
January 14, 2021
History of Swear Words is one of the most unique and fascinating docuseries I have seen in quite some time.
January 14, 2021
For all its brevity, [It] does a more than serviceable job probing the origins of expletives we too often take for granted, and if it pushes you to fill up your browser history with curse words after it's done.
January 14, 2021
With a decent selection of stand-up comics contributing, there are at least a few laughs.