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CellarDweller:
I don't think there's any way the film makers would've known that "Brokies" would've reacted so strongly to the film, so a warning was the last thing on their minds.

magicmountain:
Thanks for those responses Bettermostians. I think the consensus is no - a trigger warning is not called for.

In discussing this with someone on another forum they also agreed saying that in the case of this movie there was "something spiritual. You can't anticipate that".

And it's true - you cant - either in art or in life.  I recently read that "experience is not what happens to you but how you process that experience". Being profoundly disturbed is doubtless the  point of the whole exercise.

Sason:

--- Quote from: magicmountain on June 01, 2015, 10:24:19 pm --- "experience is not what happens to you but how you process that experience".

--- End quote ---

At first I found this very clarifying and interesting. Then I realised that it applies (only?) to English speakers.

In Swedish e g, we have two completely different words that cover those two meanings: what happens to you = upplevelse, how you process it = erfarenhet. No need for clarification there.

A lot of people have had the upplevelse of watching BBM. Some of us experienced a profound and life-changing erfarenhet from it.


Not that this has anything to do with the question of trigger warning or not, but I still found it interesting!  :D

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: Sason on June 02, 2015, 05:22:23 am ---Not that this has anything to do with the question of trigger warning or not, but I still found it interesting!  :D

--- End quote ---

I did, too. Thanks for telling us about that.  :)

Sason:
You're welcome, Jeff.

Glad you found it interesting!

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