Review of Fuck (2006) by Ole J — 08 Jan 2010

What a great documentary. It examines the unusual etymology of the Eff word, as well as its cultural uses and the responses and reactions to it. It delves a little into themes around censorship, free speech and vulgarity, and I found it a really interesting semiological study.

If you're going to pick a specific word to examine and analyze, in its history and current incarnations, I doubt you could pick a more fascinating one. My one disappointment would be that they stopped short of talking about the En word, which would have been equally interesting.