TV Tips

[Geoff Grace]

Can quality shows have so much graphic violence for you to the point where you feel kind of sorry after you watch?

“Peaky Blinders” ran for six seasons and a film is coming out and it has been widely praised as one of the best shows in years. I hadn’t seen it until yesterday, when I watched the first two episodes, and this morning when I started to watch another.

It’s as good as advertised, especially Cillian Murphy, but jeez, I felt kind of sickened by it and I don’t think I want to watch more.

Any of you react that way to that kind of show, quality though it may be?

I’ve never liked gratuitous or graphic violence, Jay. I even struggle with violence that has an educational aspect, as it did in Band of Brothers.

I typically watch TV to escape from stress rather than embrace it. As a result, (American) football and the news are usually the most violent things I watch.

Best,

Geoff

[Guy Rowland]

Can quality shows have so much graphic violence for you to the point where you feel kind of sorry after you watch?

“Peaky Blinders” ran for six seasons and a film is coming out and it has been widely praised as one of the best shows in years. I hadn’t seen it until yesterday, when I watched the first two episodes, and this morning when I started to watch another.

It’s as good as advertised, especially Cillian Murphy, but jeez, I felt kind of sickened by it and I don’t think I want to watch more.

Any of you react that way to that kind of show, quality though it may be?

Like Geoff I have a really low tolerance for graphic violence, I can't stand it. A few shows I've made it through, I guess Breaking Bad would be one example, but I so nearly bailed after the 2nd or 3rd episode - I think I'd heard that the violence was infrequent and so it turned out to be (in fact I I'm not sure Season Two had any at all). Sometimes it's vital that it is in there - American History X or All Quiet On The Western Front just two film examples, but I've noticed even though I think both are excellent and the violence was right, I can never bring myself to re-watch them.

I've never done Peaky Blinders, unsurprisingly.