Part of the enduring appeal of Wallace & Gromit is its British charm. The quaint mannerisms of the hapless inventor and his canine pal–from their love of a cup of tea to their knowing colloquialisms–reflect an admiral sense of national pride, both at home and abroad. But while that British-ness is part of the appeal, it doesn’t defend Aardman from being able to get in jokes that might be a little too close to home.

Now that the latest entry in the series, Vengeance Most Fowl, is making its way around the world in January thanks to Netflix, some of the creatives behind the film revealed at recent press conference for the film that they did have to make some acquiescence to notes from the streamer on a joke that wasn’t going to play well outside of the UK.

“There’s some actually that we’ve had to sort of take out, because just in terms of the Britishness of the film and the sort of cultural references, there’s certain things that don’t travel,” Vengeance Most Fowl executive producer Carla Shelley said. “I remember we had a sort of gag about a bog chain at one point… for anybody that doesn’t out there, that’s like a toilet flush. We were talking to Netflix and [the note back] was like ‘what’s a bog chain!?’ There are certain sorts of references that we might pull back on now.

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    While we’re at it: Release the complete, unfiltered British comedy charm upon the world. Monty Python did it once, but that’s a long time ago.

    Edit: i really don’t get Netflix… Sick Note was brilliant, also released by Netflix and it surely didn’t tone down any of its British-ness.

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      Growing up, there were a lot of good British shows we watched here in the US: Monty Python, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, Red Dwarf, The Young Ones, Whose Line Is It Anyway, etc., etc. Netflix keeps putting out Korean and Japanese stuff, but they think noone will get British telly? Fuckin daft wankers.

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        27 days ago

        It was. Ron Weasley as the Doctor that attests Rupert Grint’s fake cancer. Also Don Johnson and Lindsey Lohan as his daughter.

        Stay hydrated.