Schitt’s Creek creator/star Dan Levy is seeking answers after a UK television channel reportedly edited queer content out of the show.
A British fan claimed that the station, 4Music, cut out dialogue that references David (Dan Levy) and Patrick (Noah Reid) sleeping together.
“4Music showed Schitt’s Creek with cut dialogue between David and Patrick. “…to sleep with me or whatever” is just missing,” the viewer tweeted. “But their kiss is there. And episodes earlier talk of Moira sleeping with Roland remains.”
Wondering about the decision to edit certain Schitt’s Creek scenes on @4Music ? Just noticed a scene between David & Patrick and another between David & Jake have been trimmed down. https://t.co/yST09KNI9E
— Ash ???? (@AshThenRuby) December 22, 2019
The tweet found its way to Levy, who demanded answers from the network:
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“Is this true, @4Music? Censoring kissing and intimate dialogue? Also, I will be retweeting this every day until I get a response,” he wrote.
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“Aside from this censorship being highly disturbing and dangerous, it was a big laugh in the scene! This is very disheartening.”
Is this true, @4Music? Censoring kissing and intimate dialogue? https://t.co/TTcLavlsqV
— dan levy (@danjlevy) December 22, 2019
Also, I will be retweeting this every day until I get a response. So…
— dan levy (@danjlevy) December 22, 2019
Footage of the Jake/David kiss having been edited out. Aside from this censorship being highly disturbing and dangerous, it was a big laugh in the scene! This is very disheartening. @4Music https://t.co/7ExmZG9bIO
— dan levy (@danjlevy) December 22, 2019
The sixth and final season of Schitt’s Creek is due to premiere on January 7, 2020.
A Los Angeles billboard featuring David and Patrick kissing went viral earlier this month after Levy shared the image:
F*ck yes we did. Shine bright, friends. Very grateful for @poptv and @cbc and their support on this campaign that my teenage self would never have dreamed to be true. ????? pic.twitter.com/FeXqoE8WVv
— dan levy (@danjlevy) December 18, 2019
jlogb
That’s awesome the billboard is very cool! I love this show too… such a John David.
controversial2019
People here in the UK have been majorly critical about the channel’s decision. They then came back with a pathetic apology saying that all of their shows are edited for certain time slots and the wrong edit was shown. Part of the editing was the removal of a gay kiss and so everyone has gone back saying ‘And during which time slot is a gay kiss inappropriate?!’ They’re really not helping themselves.
xanadude
Makes no sense coming from a country/area that shows nudity regularly on TV??