As I have written before, I do not sign on to that. I think too often we are afraid of the need to make judgement calls, and so fall back on absolutes, in this case, either explain everything remotely offensive, or explain nothing. I would much rather see the responsible party stand up, identify their values, and criteria based on those values, and then make judgement calls about which cases fit the criteria and which don’t.
I would be much more forgiving of HBO if they explained a reason for classifying Blazing Saddles as An actually offensive film in need of contextualizing. I would disagree with them, but I accept that reasonable people can disagree, and if the underlying principles are articulated there is hope of productive discussion. What is infuriating is HBO simply apologizing for any film that it thinks might offend somebody. BTW I watched Blazing Saddles again yesterday (maybe the 5th or 6th time I’ve seen it), and was struck by the fact that if the film needs any explanation, it is of its casual homophobia and use of the F-Word, not its use of the N-word. On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 2:28 PM stannc <[email protected]> wrote: > If this service is going to continue to add these disclaimers to every > movie, can we just call it “Max-splaining” ? > > > > Max-splaining is where a certain streaming service feels that either: > > Its audience is too stupid to understand the context or period that a > movie was made or is depicting > > > > Its audience is all frightened cats and will be “triggered” and protest on > social media if their sensibilities are offended > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8dcb72b9-0581-4ff4-a59f-08be69a01a03o%40googlegroups.com > . > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJz4_HSsr_fydmtQO%3DOX%2Bh01gMM4oaP_3gMzkQS1ccNqg%40mail.gmail.com.
