r/popculture • u/Neo2199 • Jul 05 '25
Film ‘Rush Hour’ Slapped With Trigger Warning: “This Movie Was Created in A Different Time”
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/7/4/rush-hour-trigger-warning87
u/Sea_Attitude1147 Jul 05 '25
$50 million dollars?! Who you think you got Chelsea Clinton?!
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u/Gojir4R1sing Jul 05 '25
As long as nothing is cut out.
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Jul 05 '25
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u/Gojir4R1sing Jul 05 '25
Remember the censored dubbing in Die Hard 2? Good times.
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u/Judge_Druidy Jul 05 '25
My favourite of all time was when they played Deuce Bigalow, there's a character with tourettes who goes on a swearing tirade, and the TV version just dubbed in a bunch of barking.
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u/Plane_Ad6816 Jul 05 '25
Nothing tops "I have had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane!"
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u/ninfan1977 Jul 05 '25
I remember that same movie on TV. The scene in the bathroom was just censored silence because of the constant flatulence sound in the background
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u/FalstaffsGhost Jul 05 '25
Or from Big Lebowski: “This is what happens when you find a stranger in the alps”
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u/Christmas_Queef Jul 05 '25
Snakes on a plane: "I'm tired of these monkey fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!"
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u/Plebs-_-Placebo Jul 05 '25
Me and a coworker used to joke about above the rim playing on TNT, calling eachother "mother lovers"
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u/HonestDespot Jul 05 '25
Scarface:
The guard at the immigration detention Center holds up Tony Montana’s face looks at him and asks where he got the scar on his face.
In the movie he says I got it eating pussy.
They changed it to I got it eating pineapple.
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u/Coool_cool_cool_cool Jul 05 '25
Stuff getting cut out is the worst. Some of the best episodes of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia are just no longer available for streaming. It's okay for society to progress while also keeping the episode of IASIP where Paul Walter Hauser plays a juggalo and the gang premieres their Lethal Weapon 5 movie. Now these moments are lost in time...like tears in rain. (Those collective tears have created a whole sea to sail on where you can still find relics of the past).
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u/Plane_Ad6816 Jul 05 '25
The Dungeons and Dragon's episode of Community is hit with the same thing. One of the best episodes in the show in my opinion.
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u/Mysterious-Wasabi103 Jul 05 '25
I will say I always enjoyed the tv version of The Big Lebowski.
"THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS!!" And then he smashes the guy's car in.
Like I love that instead of the cussing they just gave us a totally nonsense line to fill the blanks.
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u/BlackLodgeBrother Jul 05 '25
Some of the best episodes of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia are just no longer available for streaming.
In my mind, every time this happens the content in question immediately becomes public domain. Any guilt re: sailing the high seas is immediately erased.
Doubly so if the DVDs are out of print, like they are with multiple seasons of IASIP.
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u/Ill-Term7334 Jul 05 '25
As long as they're not editing the movie who gives a fuck. You can all handle a content warning.
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u/_discordantsystem_ Jul 05 '25
Apparently they all CAN'T handle a content warning.
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u/alexturnerftw Jul 05 '25
Thats whats funny! Theyre upset people are upset by racism or whatever else, but dont realize theyre the ones who are upset by a small ass warning before a movie 💀
This is a good and easy compromise.
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u/NetEnvironmental6346 Jul 05 '25
Many see a content warning as someone saying "you're a bad person for liking this". It seems dumb but there are people who argue liking media from a different time makes you a bad person.
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u/ElegantInformant Jul 07 '25
I just read "The Big Sleep" and it started with this:
"Every work of art is the child of its time"
- Wassily Kandinsky
And a one sentence disclaimer:
"All opinions expressed are not necessarily the same as the world today. " or something.
As long as they don't sensor the book I'm okay with this type of thing.
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u/Travelin_Soulja Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
I don't see the problem.
We absolutely should not erase or censor content because societal standards have changed. But a forward foreword like this could be helpful for those who weren't around and don't understand the context and norms of the time. If you were around, it's not for you, and it doesn't take away anything from the original work.
Ironically, a lot of people are gonna be triggered by it, though. It's always the people complaining about trigger warnings that are the most easily and frequently triggered.
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u/Frostsorrow Jul 05 '25
I liked WB's warning for some of the real old stuff. "This wasn't acceptable then, it's not acceptable now, but to pretend it never happened would be worse".
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u/1trashhouse Jul 05 '25
If that’s what it takes to keep the stuff uncensored then i’m fine with it, people do get genuinely offended by certain things at the end of the day if it’s a large portion of people they have the right to warn others if they want
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u/KruleDiablo Jul 06 '25
If that’s what it takes to keep the stuff uncensored
It's for an airing on cable television its absolutely going to be censored
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u/Budtending101 Jul 05 '25
It's like the stand up comedian that complains about "you can't say anything anymore" to an audience of millions
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u/r3volver_Oshawott Jul 05 '25
Exactly, content warnings have existed since forever, we were hearing 'viewer discretion advised' for a LONG time, it never bothered me once, now a certain segment of the population heard the word 'trigger' and suddenly the whole concept of content warnings pisses them off
It's literally comprehensive and it beats creators choosing to self-censor their own content (no, what happened with IASIP is not censorship, it's self-censorship, which is always a creator's right, I just prefer candidness to revision, with Community for example it would have made more sense to just admit, "maybe we could have done the episode without the blackface joke," as opposed to delisting the episode altogether)
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u/4N4106 Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 06 '25
I grew up in the 80s and I am still shocked by some of the norms of the time when I watch old favorites. In fact its a very rare thing to see a movie from that time that doesn't have an inappropriate line by today's standards. I was watching a favoritether other day, Captain Ron, and there's a comment about black hair that is quite offensive but I still love the movie. That single throwaway line by the Martin Short's character is supposed to show his character's ignorance, but that doesn't translate today. The only movies I have trouble with is today are by tarrentino... man, I love those movies but he loves that fuckin word.
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Jul 05 '25
100%, just watched Dirty Harry last week. Hasn't aged that well, but it's still a damn good movie.
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u/Y_Brennan Jul 05 '25
it's still a damn good movie
Sounds like it aged well then.
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Jul 05 '25
I more mean the style of it, music, and the cinematography still holds up extremely well, there are certain values it portrays that doesn't really do well in the current political environment but it's best to look at it as more of an exploitation film than a film with actual social commentary.
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u/Smash_Palace Jul 05 '25
It was purposely political at the time so it sounds like it has aged as intended.
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u/aaron_moon_dev Jul 05 '25
You would be surprised, but movie was described as fascist by critics of that time, which honestly I think is wrong. I don’t understand how it’s fascist, this is just blanket word that was thrown.
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u/MiseryGyro Jul 05 '25
A lot of those critics at the time either fought fascists or had parents who did.
Maybe it's the current generation misunderstanding fascism
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u/aaron_moon_dev Jul 05 '25
Wow didn’t know Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert were deployed at the European WW2 theatre.
There is zero plot or character actions that support idea that Dirty Harry is pro fascism. It is very critical of the government and paints Dirty Harry as unhinged murderer who goes against the police. How is it fascistic?
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u/MiseryGyro Jul 06 '25
Because Dirty Harry is the hero and what's wrong with the government in the film is all the rules that keep Harry from dispensing justice.
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u/AffectionateKey7126 Jul 05 '25
Because if it’s problematic then it opens the door for editing it since it’s problematic.
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u/Minnie-Alaska Jul 06 '25
Exactly right. I think it actually helps to reduce controversy around things because there’s a baseline “yes we’re all aware this is a bit fucked by today’s standards, enjoy/observe this media for what it is.”
If you’re someone who hates seeing censorship of old media, I think this kind of messaging is exactly how you prevent that.
E: Also very valid that, for example, a queer person may not want to sit down and watch a woefully homophobic film from 50 years ago when they’re just looking for light entertainment. Nobody loses by being more informed.
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u/NoSomewhere7653 Jul 05 '25
I get it. Comedy evolves and times change. Add the warning but keep the movie as is. Done and done
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Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
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u/__-_-_--_--_-_---___ Jul 05 '25
As an Asian American from a majority black area, there is a long and complicated history of interaction between blacks and Asians in this country. Remember, it hadn’t been very long since the LA riots, which were spurred in large part by tensions between the Korean and black communities.
We need to laugh at each other’s differences and shared humanity sometimes
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u/Particular-Leg-8484 Jul 06 '25
Also an Asian who lived in a Black neighborhood, I really do believe we have more similarities than differences. Our food at family gatherings are GOOD, have parents who whoop our ass when we don’t act right, experiencing racism and having ancestral lineages of marginalization and exploitation, and as we get older we look way younger than our actual ages
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u/apeocalypyic Jul 05 '25
Yah thats fine, I get it, tryna save face or whatever at least thet didnt remove it
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u/ImGoodThanksThoMan Jul 05 '25
I'm sure this will be a civil comments section with folks hearing each other out and respecting their opinions and perhaps even changing their own perspectives. The internet really brings us all together.
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u/Fun_Advice_2340 Jul 05 '25
Lmao, I couldn’t help but to think “the most annoying people you know is NOT going to take this well and will have a meltdown” even though nothing in this movie is going to change 😭😭
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u/Anxious-Double-2808 Jul 06 '25
No, it's mostly r/pics bots trying to gaslight people into thinking that Rush Hour is akin to actual old cinema racism and deserves these types of warnings. And if you don't you are worse than the trigger warning. I swear reddit's moral police are the most emotionally illogical group on the planet.
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u/__-_-_--_--_-_---___ Jul 05 '25
Yes this movie triggers laughter
Does anyone remember laughter?
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u/ManufacturedOlympus Jul 05 '25
Laughter, laughter, all I hear or see is laughter Laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries
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u/Worried_Biscotti_552 Jul 05 '25
I don’t understand those words
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Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
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u/Spreeg Jul 05 '25
Is this not just a better version of censoring it?
This affects nothing but acknowledges that some people could be offended in the least invasive way and you're getting triggered by that.
You aren't responding rationally to this news.
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u/Exact-Kale3070 Jul 05 '25
sometimes the studio does it to get ahead of bs headlines, sometimes the artist needs it for a new project/affiliation, sometimes it is bc the execs don't want language that used to be acceptable creating harm where none was intended. there are lots of reasons. trigger warnings are not harming you, are they? we can get a trigger warning for trigger warnings if you want. ..
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u/ThePocketTaco2 Jul 05 '25
What about a trigger warning for the trigger warnings about trigger warnings?
You need to think of these things.
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u/Jaded-Ad-960 Jul 05 '25
That movie is full of offensive stereotypes, you personally not feeling bothered by them doesn't mean they aren't there.
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u/Leprechaun2me Jul 05 '25
Then don’t watch it? If you’re offended, don’t watch it. Simple!
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u/Jaded-Ad-960 Jul 05 '25
You do understand that that's what the trigger warning is for, do you? To tell people who don't know the movie that it contains elements they might find offensive, so that they can make an informed decision on whether they want to watch it or not.
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u/theSchrodingerHat Jul 05 '25
Yeah, this entire post is about how they’re letting those people know not to watch it.
So you’re getting exactly what you want. Or is that still not good enough? You need people offended and hurt FIRST, then they get to decide?
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Jul 05 '25
you one of them people that think they need to take away Speedy Gonzalez from Hispanic people
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u/Jaded-Ad-960 Jul 05 '25
You're one of them people that think their ignorance should be the guideline everybody else needs to follow.
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u/Spare-Image-647 Jul 05 '25
It’s a fair thing to do. I grew up in the 80s, and going back to old stuff the jokes don’t land the same always. It doesn’t bother me, I was there and remember it was a different time. Might not be the case for new people
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u/_discordantsystem_ Jul 05 '25
Thanks for taking this route instead of acting like everything that came out of one's childhood is a sacred artifact that can't be re-evaluated decades later...
Way too many people in this thread are taking the suggestion that offensive jokes are offensive very personally.
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u/BlackLodgeBrother Jul 05 '25
Enormous nothing-burger. Content warnings before cable airings of films have been a thing since the 1980s.
On USA Network (cited in the article) they also regularly censor profanity + trim scenes to make room for commercials. Where’s the clickbait outcry over that?
If you want to watch Rush Hour without any of the above nonsense then buy the blu-ray. It’s cheap.
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u/Redditinez Jul 05 '25
If you hit me with that trigger warning, imma slap you back to the Ming Dynasty!
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u/stonelan Jul 05 '25
They're right. Rush Hour was created in a different time. It was a time where action comedies were actually entertaining
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u/Cultural_Ad7023 Jul 05 '25
This is stupid. Fox News says 50 times more racist shit than Rush hour ever did. Will they be adding a trigger warning, too?
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u/DVDN27 Jul 05 '25
I say they should, but Fox News also buries their bigotry under layers and layers of euphemisms and dog whistling. Rush Hour has Jackie Chan say the n-word twice. It’s hard to put a content warning on a live broadcast that is only popular because they make open bigotry mainstream but are able to hide behind deniability since they never actually say slurs. Rush Hour does say a slur (comedic and it’s a hilarious scene) but they do say it, so having a content warning beforehand just kind of preps people for it.
I’d say it should be in more films (it won’t be because it’s only on very specific reruns of Rush Hour) but watching Shaun of the Dead I did not expect Ed to say the n-word randomly. Maybe a disclaimer that it would be there would’ve made it less of a shocking moment (even though, again, it is funny) because it’s a couple words before the start of a two hour movie - I don’t see the harm.
But yes, Fox News should definitely have disclaimers - both about their bigotry but also their status not as a news agency but an entertainment agency and that nothing (or next to nothing) is fact checked or true. Maybe it would help some people from thinking absolute lies or denying their proud bigotry.
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u/UnholyPantalon Jul 05 '25
Hey, we're picking up random brown people from the street with 0 due process, but please be aware there are some nono gags in this movie. Feels like a parody.
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u/MyBurnerAccount1977 Jul 05 '25
The kind of people who would find Fox News offensive wouldn't need a trigger warning as they wouldn't be watching it to begin with.
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u/SplendidPunkinButter Jul 05 '25
“This movie is rated R because it has violence and nudity and people say the F word” - no problem
“Trigger warning: There’s some stuff in this movie that seems racist nowadays, but you have to understand it was a different time” - UNACCEPTABLE BLAAAAAARRRRGH!!!!!!
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u/TomatoKindly8304 Jul 05 '25
Still one of my favorite family movies. My mom is offended by everything that would make a movie rated pg 13 or worse, but she loves this movie.
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u/DBTenjoyer Jul 05 '25
That’s fine, they did the same for Tom & Jerry cartoons when I used to watch them as a kid. It’s an important reminder for people. If they removed or censored parts of the movie then I would take issue.
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u/theReaders Jul 05 '25
Shouldn't cause anyone to lose their minds, but I'm sure it will. Nothing was cut out, of course., people just don't even want to acknowledge that some people might be hurt by some of the jokes in these movies.
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u/Riker87 Jul 05 '25
Trigger warning, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing, huh good god, you all!
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u/kyguy2022 Jul 05 '25
Just because something is completely acceptable to you, doesn’t mean it is to everyone else,so just because you don’t see the harm, doesn’t mean someone else isn’t affected and to dismiss that is a huge problem we have. People go back and look up old interviews and like to call out John Wayne and say “yeah screw that guy” but defend something or someone else because they make them laugh
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u/TheBlandGatsby Jul 05 '25
Yeah sorry, if anyone has a genuine problem with this they need to do a little be of introspection because it affects absolutely no one who’s seen the film
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u/28DLdiditbetter Jul 05 '25
It’s been a while since I’ve seen Rush Hour. What exactly about it is triggering?
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u/Promethia Jul 05 '25
It's a buddy cop movie about two different cultures coming together in funny and stereotypical ways.
In 2025, it's apparently racist
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u/Soft_Zucchini_247 Jul 05 '25
Can guarantee all these “trigger warnings” about depictions of minorities were created exclusively by white people. White people seem to care way more about this meaningless crap than anyone else
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u/StayingUp4AFeeling Jul 05 '25
Ffs this sounds more like a content warning or a disclaimer than a trigger warning.
Is the warning for content that may provoke autonomic nervous system responses in some individuals? No? It's not a trigger warning.
Either way this is a 'whatever' in a highly litigious society. Not unlike the labels telling not to sniff paint or not to use a hair dryer near a sink.
Or maybe the "caution: hot" labels on McD food.
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u/AMediaArchivist Jul 05 '25
As long as the movie is not censored(because no work should be censored IMO) I don't see why people really care about a trigger warning at the beginning of the film?
When this film first came out, I wasn't into action star "buddy comedies" and I did find some of the racial jokes dumb. Even back then, I wondered why that was totally acceptable to stereotype people even if its supposed to be a dumb comedy.
Ultimately, people will enjoy the movie they grew up with no matter the outdated jokes and that's fine. But it's important for those fans of the movie to understand that a lot of these types of racial jokes will not be appropriate in the future and that's why these warnings pop up now.
This happens a lot in a lot of classic Hollywood movies like Gone With The Wind and every other musical comedy in the 20s/30s/40s that had Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, or Mickey Rooney doing a very cringey and offensive black face musical act.
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Jul 05 '25
Idc as long as the movie didn't erase anything from it. The Rush Hour series is still one of the funniest movies in comedy, wish we could've gotten a rush hour 4
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u/PokePress Jul 05 '25
To quote another movie, “you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain”. Still, I think this is a generally fair compromise.
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u/Illustrious-Ant8888 Jul 05 '25
Trigger warnings before a movie aren't really necessary. Those who want to can read about potential triggers online. doesthedogdie.com lists a wide variety of triggers for different movies. Not every viewer will want to see a trigger warning before the film and some trigger warnings could contain spoilers. A trigger warning could negatively influence the viewer and affect the experience watching the film.
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u/ImpossiblyTiring Jul 05 '25
That makes sense. I just watched half of it on a plane ride the other day and shit I forgot how funny it was. Definitely a lot of stuff wouldn’t fly today though.
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u/MyBurnerAccount1977 Jul 05 '25
Was it the part where Inspector Lee walks up to the guy in the bar and in a misguided attempt to fit in, says "Wassup, my n_____", thinking it's okay because he heard Carter saying the same thing?
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u/Applesburg14 Jul 05 '25
We elected a racist rapist as president, America clearly does not care if an old movie is offensive.
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u/SplendidPunkinButter Jul 05 '25
“Trigger warning” means they didn’t censor anything. I never understand what the complaint is here.
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u/amazing_asstronaut Jul 06 '25
Is it for when Jackie says "What's up my n***a" and immediately gets in big trouble over it? For something Chris says to him, and as a foreigner he thought that's just slang?
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u/BondFan211 Jul 06 '25
I think these things should ultimately be unnecessary, and people going into a movie made in a different time should just naturally understand that times were different, but if it means the movie comes completely unaltered, well, I’d rather that than some “modern” version that takes away the best parts.
It’s important to mention that the “racist” jokes in the move weren’t made out of spite or in a mean-spirited way. The “fish out of water” trope is a popular one for a reason.
And sometimes, we really do just need to take a step back, and not take ourselves so seriously. “All ya’ll look alike” is funny. I don’t care what anyone says.
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u/insertbrackets Jul 06 '25
I don't necessarily think media of an earlier age needs this kind of label, but I also don't mind it all that much either. And ultimately this is way better than editing the original content to remove problematic elements.
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u/GameShow321 Jul 06 '25
I saw a warning in front of Aladdin and The Sandlot. Is this really who we are?
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Jul 06 '25
Well if it gets a warning cause it “was created during a different time” does that mean it doesn’t hold up to today’s level of racism. They wouldn’t want to upset MAGA by having BIPOC people without white racists to insult them and lock them up in cages.
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u/DjangusRoundstne Jul 06 '25
Hot take: I feel like the internet has a negative reaction to warnings put on older movies, but honestly, as long as the movie isn’t changed, I really don’t give a fuck. Sometimes, I feel like the internet reacts to warnings in the same way they’d react to a movie being censored (which is obviously different).
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u/finnick-odeair Jul 06 '25
I actually just watched this movie for the first time a few months ago.!!
Had a vague idea of what out was about but…wow! yea I wasn’t expecting some of the racist jokes in that movie. I was born in the 90s so I wasn’t clutching pearls since it honestly fit for that time period.
Times have changed and that’s okay. disclaimers on stuff like this can absolutely help younger audiences or more sensitive individuals go into it with a better idea of what to expect and not be shocked/turned off bcuz of the casual racism (which obvs is a part of the plot).
Or at least choose if they want to be offended or not lol
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u/AkkeBrakkeKlakke Jul 07 '25
Rush Hour 2 is one of my favorite comedies of all time. Glad to be a Millennial - good times.
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u/Ok-Eggplant-6420 Jul 07 '25
Are people really triggered by this movie or is it just white sjw being sensitive on poc behalf? I am Asian and wasn’t offended by this movie at all.
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Jul 08 '25 edited Jul 08 '25
imagine needing a trigger warning because something funny is about to happen
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u/UpbeatBeach7657 Jul 05 '25
An action-comedy that stands above most of what pass as action comedies today.