Gravity Falls Creator Shares Notes He Got From Disney Censors

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While the tenth anniversary of Disney Channel's Gravity Falls was met with much celebration by fans, creator Alex Hirsch decided it was time to share some behind-the-scenes action.

Disney has been criticized in the past for censoring content for questionable reasons, with one of the most-recent controversies being the initial decision to cut a same-sex kiss in Pixar's Lightyear. However, this is hardly a new practice for Disney, as Hirsch shared some of the more unusual notes he received from Disney censors about Gravity Falls.

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Hirsch took to Twitter with a video compilation of nearly every email Disney S&P sent him regarding the language used on Gravity Falls. «One last treat,» he tweeted. «Ever curious about the fights I had with the censors on Gravity Falls? I probably shouldn't share this buttttt here are some REAL NOTES from DISNEY S&P and my REAL REPLIES. You are not prepared.» If a word or phrase was deemed «too offensive,» Hirsch received an email telling him to change it. From the email exchanges in the video, it is apparent that Hirsch knew how ridiculous some of their requests were.

One email from Disney reads, «Please revise 'poopface' as it comes across as a replacement for 'shitface.'» Prior use of Mabel saying, «Poop. Poop. And Butts,» in theGravity Falls episode «Fight Fighters» came across as more childlike and not as offensive, to which Hirsch replied, «I've never met a human on Earth who would be offended by a cartoon saying 'poop face.' Not changing it.» Another email asked Hirsch to revise some wording on a poster for a party because it seemed to indicate that the characters were going to play the infamous party game «Spin the Bottle.» Hirsch then