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History of Swear Words

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  • 20212021
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  • 2h 4m
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6.4/10
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Nicolas Cage in History of Swear Words (2021)
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.
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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 ... Read allAn 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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
4.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
10,935
978
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    • Stars
      • Nicolas Cage
      • Kory Stamper
      • Elvis Mitchell
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      • Nicolas Cage
      • Kory Stamper
      • Elvis Mitchell
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    • 69User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Episodes6

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    1 Season
    2021

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    Nicolas Cage
    Nicolas Cage
    • Self - Host
    6 episodes6 eps • 2021
    Kory Stamper
    Kory Stamper
    • Self - Lexicographer, Author of Word by Word
    6 episodes6 eps • 2021
    Elvis Mitchell
    Elvis Mitchell
    • Self - Film Critic, Host of The Treatment on KCRW
    6 episodes6 eps • 2021
    Melissa Mohr
    Melissa Mohr
    • Self - PhD, Author of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing
    6 episodes6 eps • 2021
    Nikki Glaser
    Nikki Glaser
    • Self - Comedian
    6 episodes6 eps • 2021
    London Hughes
    London Hughes
    • Self - Comedian
    6 episodes6 eps • 2021
    Benjamin Bergen
    Benjamin Bergen
    • Self - PhD, Cognitive Scientist, Author of What The F
    5 episodes5 eps • 2021
    DeRay Davis
    DeRay Davis
    • Self - Comedian
    5 episodes5 eps • 2021
    Jim Jefferies
    Jim Jefferies
    • Self - Comedian
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Joel Kim Booster
    Joel Kim Booster
    • Self - Comedian
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Nick Offerman
    Nick Offerman
    • Self - Actor
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Sarah Silverman
    Sarah Silverman
    • Self - Comedian
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Mireille Miller-Young
    Mireille Miller-Young
    • Self - PhD, Professor of Feminist Studies…
    3 episodes3 eps • 2021
    Open Mike Eagle
    Open Mike Eagle
    • Comedian…
    Patti Harrison
    Patti Harrison
    • Self - Comedian
    3 episodes3 eps • 2021
    Zainab Johnson
    Zainab Johnson
    • Self - Comedian
    3 episodes3 eps • 2021
    Baron Vaughn
    Baron Vaughn
    • Comedian…
    Isiah Whitlock Jr.
    Isiah Whitlock Jr.
    • Self - Actor
    2 episodes2 eps • 2021
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    • Trivia
      Nicolas Cage filmed all of his host segments for all six episodes of Season 1 in one day.
    • Connections
      Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Kamping Kalamity (2021)

    User reviews69

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    6/10
    Weak Sauce
    With episodes of just twenty minutes, "History of Swear Words" has been a useful filler show for us. Don't quite want to go to bed just yet, how about a "Swear Words" show... perfect.

    Nicholas Cage hosts the show where lexicographers and various other talking heads explain the etymology and usage of various swear words. Mostly the show takes the form of straight to camera delivery, but there is some crude animation, use of timelines, chapter headings and clips from movies all helping to tell the story.

    Cage is an interesting choice to host the show. He is game for most things and he's great at swearing - though occasionally it's not hard to tell that this was a day's work and his heart is not necessarily in it. I liked the three historians explaining about the origins of the word, and how the usage and meaning has changed over the centuries - I felt they added to the show. Less successful are the various comedians who contribute. I genuinely don't think that any of their contributions made me laugh, even the ones from people I recognised. They occasionally had the guest spot on, such as Isiah Whitlock Jr for the episode about 'Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettt' - although the skit they made him do again, wasn't very funny.

    I don't want to make it sound like I disliked it - it's such a thin premise and the episodes are so fleeting that there really isn't that much to form an opinion on one way or the other. I'd watch more, if they can think of another six swearwords to do, but again only to fill time around stuff I actually want to watch.
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    • Apr 29, 2021

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    • Release date
      • January 5, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Netflix Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lịch Sử Chửi Thề
    • Production companies
      • B17 Entertainment
      • Funny or Die
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      2 hours 4 minutes
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