Judi Dench says trigger warnings ruin viewer experience: 'If you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theater'

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Actress Judi Dench was asked about her opinion on trigger warnings in theater productions, to which she responded, 'If you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theatre.'

Dame Judi Dench was asked about her opinion on trigger warnings in theater productions, to which she responded that audience members with sensitive natures might avoid the theater altogether. She expressed skepticism toward the necessity of content advisories, asking what the point of going to the theater actually is.

' SUSPECT WHO RANDOMLY ATTACKED ACTOR STEVE BUSCEMI IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IDENTIFIED BY NYPD: REPORT 'Shakespeare’s plays are full of murderers, full of horror. As a young student and lover of the theater, I never experienced trigger warnings telling me: ‘By the way, in ‘King Lear,’ Gloucester is going to have his eyes pulled out'… Theater has to be alive and connect in the present. It’s the shock, the unexpected, that’s what makes an actor theater so exciting,' Fiennes continued.

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