Once Upon a Deadpool, in trying to excise all violence, cussing, and sex jokes, comes across as sloppy and poorly constructed. The question at hand with this new re-edit, dubbed Once Upon a Deadpool, is whether or not Deadpool can be funny, interesting, or maintain its same refreshing subversiveness while wielding the MPAA rating that typically eschews anything naughty. Additionally, Deadpool offered a hilarious meta-narrative Our anti-hero would often address the camera to comment on his own place in the current pop firmament. From within the studio-sanctioned system, here was a comedic superhero that had no qualms about murdering, swearing, and having dirty sex you're certainly not going to see a pegging scene in a Captain America film. In a world where all major superhero flicks are rated PG-13 – read: they are bereft of sex, feature no intriguing filth, don't allow themselves to cuss too much, and feature no bloody violence – the Deadpool movies were more than amusing, they were refreshing. The two Deadpool movies have previously gained much of their clout and notoriety (not to mention enormous box office numbers) via their subversive naughtiness. In what can only be explained as a grand cinematic editing experiment, 20th Century Fox and director David Leitch have decided to re-release Deadpool 2, now conveniently shaved down – or to be more frank sandblasted – into a shape that can fit into the bland auspices of a PG-13 rating.