'House of the Dragon' Star Matt Smith Criticizes Trigger Warnings In Television
Matt Smith The Times Culture - I used to go to a local video shop and get erotic thrillers like Basic Instinct... films now are being dumbed down by trigger warnings https://t.co/EfxvHzWPU8
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Matt Smith, 41, isn't a fan of trigger warnings.
When asked if he wants to play polarising people, Smith enthuses: “100 per cent! That’s the fucking point. We should be telling morally difficult stories, nowadays in particular. It’s OK to feel uncomfortable or provoked while looking at a painting or watching a play, but I worry everything’s being dialled and dumbed down. We’re telling audiences they’re going to be scared before they’ve watched something.”
“Isn’t being shocked, surprised, stirred the point?” Smith says. “Too much policing of stories and being afraid to bring them out because a climate is a certain way is a shame. I’m not sure I’m on board with trigger warnings. I used to go to a local video shop and get Slither, Basic Instinct, Disclosure - all these erotic thrillers. I was way too young to be watching them. I watched Friday the 13th when I was nine.” He stops. “Actually, that scarred me. Absolutely ruined me.”
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