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June 12 - 18, 2022 WHATS UP! T11 you can play a loud "bleep" sound over the not-TV-friendly word, you can simply mute the sound while the word is said or you can play a version that over- dubs the offending word with something innocent (anyone who's watched a Die Hard movie on TV knows what McClane was really saying when they heard, "Yippee-ki-yay, melon farmer" or "Mr. Falcon"). In a question-and-answer ses- sion on the social media plat- form Reddit (these sessions are known as Ask Me Anythings, or AMAs), a TV network employee who works in the censorship de- partment said that cost is a nota- ble factor. "Mostly we just drop audio over a word in a movie if need be," said the employee, who chose to remain anonymous. "Recording over the voice is handled by the studio and can be quite costly since it involves bringing in actors or imperson- ators." But the other options have their own drawbacks, too. Dropping the audio leads to a lot of silence in a particularly foul-mouthed movie, to the point that viewers might think there's a signal problem. Mean- while, bleeping draws more at- tention to the censored word than a silence or an overdub (un- less it's a "Die Hard"-level bad one), meaning the bleep is argu- ably the more political choice. "The bleep of censorship in- variably draws attention to the material it was intended to con- ceal; circles it, if you like, by loudly omitting it," TheVerge. com columnist Maria Bustillos wrote. "Bleeping also serves as proof that there is a watcher: someone looking out for us in advance." Q: Who is McG and what's the name short for? I feel like I've seen his name every- where lately. A: McG is short for Joseph McGinty Nichol, and you have seen his name everywhere lately. (For the record, his mom nick- named him "McG" to differenti- ate him from his uncle and grandfather, who were also both named Joe.) He's a TV and film superproducer, with a resume boasting dozens of films and some of the biggest TV hits of the past two decades — all span- ning a pretty broad range. McG was a producer and/or executive producer on the long- running, fantasy-action show "Supernatural," the prime-time soap "The O.C.," spy comedy "Chuck" and many more. He was also, once upon a time, a big-screen action it boy, having directed "Charlie's Angels" (2000) and its 2003 "Full Throt- tle" sequel, 2009's "Terminator Salvation" and 2012's "This Means War." He's been adding more rom-coms to his repertoire as part of a string of hits for Netf- lix, including "Holidate" (2020) and "Love Hard" (2021). And it seems we won't be see- ing less of him any time soon. He has three high-profile shows coming up: "True Lies" (a re- make of the 1994 big-screen hit) for CBS, "Not Dead Yet" on ABC, and "The Winchesters," a spinoff of his old hit "Supernatu- ral," on CW. Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. Per- sonal replies will not be provided. Advance Pest Control 2 x 2 TAKE 5 Solution on page T23 Use the clues above and beside the grid to fill in the squares BY ADAM THOMLISON TV Media Q: Does the Mr. White character appear in the orig- inal James Bond novels? He's a big part of the new movies, but I don't remem- ber him from before. A: By the time Daniel Craig ("Knives Out," 2019) became James Bond, they had almost run out of source material. In fact, his first Bond film, 2006's "Casino Royale," is his only one directly based on a novel. The character of Mr. White — played in the film by Danish actor Jesper Christensen ("The Debt," 2010) — does appear in that book, but not by name. In both the book and the movie, he is [spoiler alert for the 16-year-old movie and 69-year- old book] the assassin who kills the main villain, Le Chiffre (played by Mads Mikkelsen, "The Hunt," 2012). In the book, however, he doesn't get a name. They pretty much had to name him in the movie because they were expanding his role significantly. The bit at the end of the movie that sets up the plot of the sequel, a bit that cen- ters around Mr. White, does not appear in the book. That's essentially where the Craig movies depart from the source material entirely. (Though 2008's "Quantum of Solace," the second Craig film, took its name from a Fleming short story, the plot is entirely original.) In "Quantum of Solace," view- ers learn that Mr. White works for the criminal organization Quantum. This, too, was created specifically for the films. It was made to replace SMERSH, the organization Bond frequently fought in the novels. It was a part of the government of the Soviet Union and thus was in need of an update. Q: Why do some movies have bleeps for censorship but others have dubbed-over words? A: It seems to be a matter of taste for the broadcaster, and a matter of budget. 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