Famed British Actress: If You Need a Trigger Warning, Don't Come to the Theatre

Dame Judi Dench has weighed in on the debate surrounding trigger warnings at the theatre, following earlier comments from the likes of Ralph Fiennes and Matt Smith. ...

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"I can see why they exist, and it is preparing people, I suppose, but if you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theatre, because you could be very shocked. Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way?


"Why go to the theatre if you're going to be warned about things that are in the play? Isn’t the whole business of going to the theatre about seeing something that you can be excited, surprised, or stimulated by? It’s like being told they're all dead at the end of King Lear. I don't want to be told."

Ed Morrissey

I can't even see why they exist. Ricky Gervais put it best, in a clip I can't find at the moment, when he called that expectation "arrogant." To paraphrase from memory, Gervais declared it supremely self-absorbed for anyone to expect to go through life without being offended or coming across diametrically opposed opinions. 

For that matter, the same applies to "preferred pronouns," which by definition would be used when talking to someone else about the person demanding that accommodation. 

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