When Netflix forked over however much money it cost to produce “The History of Swear Words,” the premise and pitch must have seemed like a no-brainer. Nicolas Cage hosting a docuseries about the history of naughty words? Joined by some of the best comedians around and actual historians that will teach you something in between the laughter? Pure gold! Sadly, to borrow from the series, “The History of Swear Words” is nothing more than an example of combining sugar, honey, and iced tea and ending up with absolute shit. Another way to put it: it’s like VH1’s “I Love The ’90s” or any of those execrable ’00s VH1 shows — a lot of talking heads trying to be funny with mixed results — only behind the swear words with little to no insights about anything and not all that humorous.

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