{"id":147359,"date":"2024-09-02T16:37:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T15:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2041141"},"modified":"2024-09-02T16:37:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T15:37:46","slug":"these-brits-triggered-by-trigger-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/02\/these-brits-triggered-by-trigger-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"These Brits Triggered by Trigger Warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call this the summer of trigger warnings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Blink Twice,” originally titled “P***y Island,”<\/a> used social media to warn viewers about sexual violence against women. That’s both a trigger warning AND a spoiler alert. <\/p>\n

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Some slammed “It Ends with Us,” which deals with domestic violence, for its lack of a trigger warning. One online review even teased its trigger warning<\/a> in its headline. The Hollywood Reporter ran an essay excoriating the production for leaving one out.<\/a><\/p>\n

Western culture routinely depicts domestic violence on screen. Consider “Sleeping with the Enemy,” “Waitress,” “Fried Green Tomatoes” and countless other titles dealing with the subject.<\/p>\n

Now, apparently, audiences must be warned ahead of time. Even pop superstar Taylor Swift agrees.<\/a><\/p>\n

RELATED: THE BITTER TRUTH ABOUT TRIGGER WARNINGS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Several British stars have had enough.<\/p>\n

Former “Doctor Who” standout Matt Smith blasted the practice<\/a> in a Times of London chat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s OK to feel uncomfortable or provoked while looking at a painting or watching a play, but I worry everything\u2019s being dialed and dumbed down. We\u2019re telling audiences they\u2019re going to be scared before they\u2019ve watched something…\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIsn\u2019t being shocked, surprised, stirred the point?\u201d Smith says. \u201cToo much policing of stories and being afraid to bring them out because a climate is a certain way is a shame. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019m on board with trigger warnings.”<\/p>\n

Other British actors have similarly teed off on the concept, including Dame Judi Dench.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI can see why they exist, and it is preparing people, I suppose … but if you\u2019re that sensitive, don\u2019t go to the theater, because you could be very shocked. Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way?\u201d<\/p>\n

“Harry Potter” alum Ralph Fiennes is another trigger warning critic.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cShakespeare\u2019s plays are full of murderers, full of horror. As a young student and lover of the theatre, I never experienced trigger warnings telling me: \u2018By the way in King Lear, Gloucester is going to have his eyes pulled out\u2019 \u2026 Theatre has to be alive and connect in the present….It\u2019s the shock, the unexpected, that\u2019s what makes an actor (in) theatre so exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sir Ian McKellan rounds out the Brits giving trigger warnings the finger.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s ludicrous … I quite like to be surprised by loud noises and outrageous behavior on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australian actress Cate Blanchett is simpatico with her British peers<\/a> on the subject.<\/p>\n

We are terrified of tough conversations\u2026 but we need them. We talk about radical candour, but when there\u2019s a trigger warning in front of something you are implying that there is a lack of mutual respect or that the subject hasn\u2019t been properly interrogated\u2026.<\/p>\n

Why are British stars vocal on the subject? It could be their theatrical backgrounds. More likely? It’s happening in the UK more than stateside, at least on the stage.<\/p>\n

The U.S. is far from immune. We’ve already seen trigger warnings for classic cartoons<\/a> and blistering satires<\/a> on streaming platforms.<\/p>\n

Trigger Warnings, like much of woke culture, are both contradictory and unnecessary. The aforementioned artists explain the latter. Must we be bubbled wrapped from being made uncomfortable by art?<\/p>\n

Why contradictory? Just about any film could feature a trigger warning.<\/p>\n