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Matt Smith Says ‘I Worry Everything Is Being Dumbed Down’ by Trigger Warnings: ‘Too Much Policing of Stories Is a Shame’ and ‘Isn’t Being Shocked the Point?’
Matt Smith dislikes trigger warnings because “isn’t being shocked, surprised, stirred the point?”
Matt Smith recently spoke to The Times of London about his concerns over trigger warnings, saying he worries “everything’s being dialed and dumbed down” when audiences are being tipped off in advance and being told what to feel. Trigger warnings have become increasingly common in media ahead of movies or television episodes that contain graphic subject matter, including depictions of sexual assault or self-harm. In May, for instance, AMC made headlines for warning that Martin Scorsese’s 1990 mob epic “Goodfellas” contained “cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance.”
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