![]() In theory, “Nicolas Cage hosts a Netflix show about swear words” sounds like a wacky game show the algorithm spat out as an afterthought. It’s a short intro, but one that nevertheless sets the tone for a self-aware series that delights in exploring formerly bleeped words just as much as its host does in saying them. “History of Swear Words” opens with Nicolas Cage, solemn as a rock, turning to the camera and unleashing a torrent of famous lines joined by one crucial, undeniably satisfying element: the thrill of forcefully exhaling the word “ fuck.” With the canny combination of highbrow and lowbrow that Cage has turned into a profitable persona all its own, the actor rips into iconic lines ranging from the basic (“who the fuck do you think you’re talking to?”) to the perversely iconic (“fuck it, we’ll do it live”) to the legendary (“I’ve had it with these motherfuckin’ snakes on this motherfuckin’ plane”).
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