2002-12-19 22:50 UTC BBC censors musical
BBC2 showed Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode 6.07 Once more with feeling today.
Well that is to say, they showed some of it.
They cut at least 10 minutes!
Spoilers follow.
Namely:
- Everything up to the graveyard scene, including the scene with Buffy and her alarm clock, the scene with Willow, Tara, and Dawn going about their morning business, the key scene where Tara finds the Lethe's Bramble, and the scene with the gang going about their daily lives in the magic shop.
- The conversation at the start of the magic shop scene after Something to sing about, from Buffy entering the shop to Buffy's line
So no research?
, including the bit about Buffy taking (or rather, not taking) Dawn to school. - The end of I've got a theory / Bunnies/ If we're together from Anya's line
Or maybe midgets
to her lineExcept for bunnies
(including Buffy's lineHey, I've died twice
). - Willow's line
I thought it was neat
. - The section of the dialogue after the song that refers back to the bit of the song that was cut, from Giles'
I thought it didn't matter
to Buffy'shugs and puppies
. - Dawn's line
I gave birth to a pterodactyl
and Anya's replyOh, my god. Did it sing?
. - Buffy's line
The volumey text
and Tara'sYou know...
. - From Xander's
I bet they're... singing
to hisOh yeah
. - The start of the scene in Xander's apppartment from Anya's
Hey baby, you don't have to go to work?
to Xander'sIt's a flab thing
(which, oddly, has been replaced with the line.You want some breakfast baby?
as a voiceover of a shot of his building) - During Spike's Rest in peace, the second half of the second verse, from
You know, you got a willing slave
toStop visiting my grave and let me rest in peace
. - Dawn's line
I just hate it when you...
(although the bits on either side of it are still there). - Tara's line
Will you be okay for a little while?
followed by Dawn's lineYes, the fifteen year old can spend half an hour alone in her locked house
. - The first few seconds of the first scene in the Bronze.
- Sweet's line at the end of What you feel:
Now we're partying... that's what it's all about.
- Anya's line:
Dawn may have had the wrong idea in summoning this creature but I've seen some of these underworld child-bride deals and they never end well. Maybe once.
- Willow's line
A little confusion spell could
and Tara's responseNo! I mean, I don't think it'll help
. - From Buffy's line
So one by one, they turn, from me
to Anya'sShe came from the grave much graver
. - Buffy's line
You got a name?
, Sweet's responseI got a hundred
and Buffy's replyWell, I oughta know what to call you if you're going to be my brother-in-law
. - Sweet's line:
Come now. Is that really what you feel?
- Buffy's line
I think you already know
and Sweet smiling impishly. - Dawn's line:
The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.
- Xander's line
Does this mean that I have to... be your queen?
and Sweet's lineIt's tempting... but I think we'll waive that clause just this once
.
In fact, about the only thing that it seems the BBC didn't cut is the left and right eigths of the wide screen format, which coincidentally is the only thing that sky|one cut when they showed this episode earlier this year. And you know what, I'd much rather see it in 4:3 ratio with adverts than see it in 16:9 ratio with no adverts but with huge chunks of the plot missing.
The most amusing thing in all this is that the quiz for this episode on the BBC site has two questions (out of ten) that require you to have seen bits that the BBC cut!!!