AMC has added a trigger warning to Martin Scorsese‘s classic film Goodfellas whenever it airs or streams and has been receiving backlash for the move.
The message, which appears on screen to viewers just before the start of the 1990 mob crime thriller, reads: “This film includes language and/or cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance and may offend some viewers.”
You can view the message below thanks to former New York Post reporter Ken Lovett.
A rep for AMC spoke to our sister site the New York Post and said: “In 2020, we began adding advisories in front of certain films that include racial or cultural references that some viewers might find offensive.”
Prior to Goodfellas, trigger warnings have been added to such films as Gone With the Wind, Goldfinger, Blazing Saddles, and Dumbo.
Now I’ve seen it all. AMC message before the classic film Goodfellas. pic.twitter.com/QxTXXz4tex
— ken lovett (@klnynews) May 12, 2024
Some of the celebrities to speak out against trigger warnings recently include Cate Blanchett, Quentin Tarantino, Ian McKellen, Dame Judi Dench, and Ralph Fiennes.
Dench issued a stern message to anyone who needs a trigger warning. “If you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theater,” she told the Radio Times. “Because you could be very shocked. Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way?”
“The f–king political correctness has f–king taken everything away,” said Bo Dietl (who played a police officer in Goodfellas) to the Post. “This is how life was back then. It was not a clean beautiful thing. You can’t cleanse history. If you want to tell true history, you gotta tell it the way it is.”
Michael Franzese, who portrayed a one-time captain of the Colombo crime family, said he found the message amusing. “We don’t need anyone protecting mob guys. It’s crazy,” he said.
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