Dame Judi Dench slams 'trigger warnings for 'mollycoddling' audiences
The 91-year-old actress said warnings should be limited to strobe lighting, gunshots and age limits, arguing they can reduce audience enjoyment.
- On Friday, Dame Judi Dench criticized theatre trigger warnings as "mollycoddling," telling The Times that excessive content advisories "drive wild" to witness.
- Speaking to Brendan O'Hea for her memoir, Dench explained she wants to be "triggered, excited, stimulated, provoked and disturbed" by art, taking audiences out of their comfort zones.
- Dench questioned where warnings end, noting advisories for Titus Andronicus would exceed the play's length and sarcastically asking if Agatha Christie plots require shock-prevention warnings.
- Commentator Toto supported Dench's statement, calling her wisdom "rare in Hollywood" and suggesting sensitive viewers should consider not consuming art.
- While some institutions applied over 200 trigger warnings, Dench maintains only essential advisories like age limits are necessary, rejecting retirement to perform until 100.
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Dame Judi Dench has had about enough of the “trigger warnings” that often accompany films and theatrical productions. Dench, 91, played MI6 chief “M” in eight consecutive James Bond films — and she told her friend and writing partner Brendan O’Hea that she believes the warnings have gone too far and often risk ruining the entire theater experience. “I think they have gone too far. It’s mollycoddling. If you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the the…
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