Did a Devon cinema go too far by censoring the word “ass” from Deadpool film posters?

A DEVON cinema has removed the word "ass" from posters advertising newly released superhero film Deadpool.

The Reel cinema in Plymouth is displaying adapted versions of the official posters for the 15-rated film.

The word appears three times on the posters and has been censored using black tape.

Cinema-goers questioned whether the word - which is described in the dictionary as 'often vulgar' and 'considered impolite' - needed to be censored.

One said: "I kind of think they were right to censor it, but also think it's probably overkill.

"Surely it's pretty tame in this day and age, but if your kids are outside queuing for Chipmunks it's a different matter."

The superhero film is rated 15 for strong bloody violence, strong language and sex references.

But Alvin and the Chipmunks, Road Chip itself features one use of the word 'crap' and extensively uses the song Baby Got Back by Sir Mix a lot - a track about women with large backsides.

The word 'ass' is more than 1,000 years old and is popularly used to describe either a backside or animal.