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Pedigree chums: why dogs are dying less in movies
Source: The Guardian · Published
Are film-makers wary of alienating increasingly sensitive audiences by offing a pooch? Or is humanity now just too soft to deal with the trauma of a Turner & Hooch? There was a time, not so long ago, when watching a film was a clearcut experience. There would be a good guy and a bad guy, and you would know who the bad guy was because they would shoot a dog in the face. It happened more times than…
Key points
- Are film-makers wary of alienating increasingly sensitive audiences by offing a pooch?
- Or is humanity now just too soft to deal with the trauma of a Turner & Hooch?
- There was a time, not so long ago, when watching a film was a clearcut experience.
- There would be a good guy and a bad guy, and you would know who the bad guy was because they would shoot a dog in the face.
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