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History of Swear Words is an American documentary series hosted by Nicolas Cage. The series was released on January 5, 2021, on Netflix.




Premise


Hosted by Nicolas Cage, the unscripted series explores the History of Swear Words through interviews with experts in etymology, popular culture, history and entertainment, with each episode diving into the origins, usage and cultural impact of specific curse words: fuck, shit, bitch, dick, pussy and damn.




Cast


Nicolas Cage as Host
Jess Harnell as Grandpa




= Entertainers

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Sarah Silverman
Nick Offerman
Nikki Glaser
Patti Harrison
Open Mike Eagle
Joel Kim Booster
DeRay Davis
London Hughes
Jim Jefferies
Zainab Johnson
Baron Vaughn
Isiah Whitlock Jr.




= Experts

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Benjamin K. Bergen – Professor of Cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego
Anne H. Charity Hudley – Linguist, Professor of African-American English at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Mireille Miller-Young – Professor of Women's studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Elvis Mitchell – Film critic
Melissa Mohr – Author of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing
Kory Stamper – Author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, Lexicographer, and former editor for Merriam-Webster




Episodes






Production


On December 9, 2020, it was announced that Nicolas Cage would host an unscripted six-episode series about the history of swear words for Netflix.
The series has been produced by Bellamie Blackstone, Mike Farah, Joe Farrell, and Beth Belew for Funny or Die, with Brien Meagher and Rhett Bachner for Industrial Media's B17 Entertainment respectively. Blackstone will also serve as the series showrunner.




Reception


On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 70% based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 6.40/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Brevity may be the soul of wit, but digging a little deeper could only help History of Swear Words — a show that almost lives up to its name and host, but falls a little f-king short." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100 based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times gave the series three out of four stars and described it as "a cheeky, entertaining and legitimately educational look at the etymology of the most common curse words."




See also


Seven dirty words




References






External links


History of Swear Words on Netflix
History of Swear Words at IMDb
History of Swear Words at Rotten Tomatoes

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