History of Swear Words

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History of Swear Words
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Genre Documentary series
Written by
Presented by Nicolas Cage
Theme music composerAdam Blau
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Brien Meagher
  • Rhett Bachner
  • Mike Farah
  • Joe Farrell
  • Beth Belew
  • Bellamie Blackstone
ProducerBen Stoddard
Running time20 minutes
Production companies B17 Entertainment
Funny or Die
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseJanuary 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)

History of Swear Words is an American documentary series hosted by Nicolas Cage. The series was released on January 5, 2021, on Netflix. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

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. [1] [3]

Cast

Entertainers

Experts

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal release date
1"F**k"January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)
2"Sh*t"January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)
3"Bitch"January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)
4"D**k"January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)
5"Pu**y"January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)
6"Damn"January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)

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. [1] [2]

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. [3]

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." [4] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100 based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]

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." [6]

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