What should or shouldn’t be shown on TV?

[think positive]

Gees give the plot away!

I know I’m in the minority but this movie bored me to tears!

[K]

But is it Brad's or Gaga's character who does that?

[think positive]

I don’t like Bradley cooper, and not a Gaga fan, but it just wasn’t my type of movie. Plus the original movie didn’t need redoing!

[K]

Remakes should be banned.

[Wokko]

I don’t like Bradley cooper, and not a Gaga fan, but it just wasn’t my type of movie. Plus the original movie didn’t need redoing!

Did we really need a 4th remake of this movie?

[David]

I don’t like Bradley cooper, and not a Gaga fan, but it just wasn’t my type of movie. Plus the original movie didn’t need redoing!

Which original?

[K]

Do all versions have the same plot and ending?

[Wokko]

Here you go K. I didn't read it because I haven't seen and probably wont see any of them, but it should answer your question.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/m ... ce25bfb390

[K]

Thanks, Wokko. Should I provide spoilers here?!

[ronrat]

Remakes should be banned.

Most porn movies are remakes. And no one cares.

[K]

They should be banned too!

[David]

Unless they’re an opportunity to spend time with your mum, that is...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/20/politics ... index.html

[K]

Trigger Warnings May Not Do Much, Early Studies Suggest

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/scie ... udies.html

"While preliminary evidence suggests that trigger warnings are neither helpful nor harmful, both studies note that more research needs to be done on how such warnings specifically affect trauma survivors, the population for which they were originally intended."


Again, though, that's not the biggest question about what's shown on TV. The biggest question is whether it can influence viewers to do "bad" things.

And on the effect on victims or whatever, they say it "may not do much" because they are looking at victims who go on to view the material after reading the warning. If the results turn out the be correct, they'll hardly be surprising. The warning's biggest help you'd expect would be to stop people viewing harmful material, not just to make them expect that material before they are exposed to it anyway.

[David]

Again, though, that's not the biggest question about what's shown on TV. The biggest question is whether it can influence viewers to do "bad" things.

That’s a purely subjective judgement call, though. A lot of people consider the latter question much more unquantifiable and abstract, and I’m inclined to agree with them.

It’s also a step removed from direct consequence: questions about trigger warnings deal specifically with psychological impact, whereas the question of influence is about both psychological impact and extrapolating how that psychological impact might translate to real-world action. That’s necessarily a more nebulous topic of discussion, and it’s little wonder that it remains so difficult to draw any definitive conclusions from it.

[K]

But victims with the warning, unless the material is necessary for study or work, can choose, based on the warning, not to engage with the material. They cannot stop others being tipped over the edge (if it turns out that is possible) and attacking them.

I don't know how many people need to consume material that can hurt them psychologically for work or study, which is the focus of those studies. Unless that's a huge number, the whole question is less practically important.