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niceguybadboy t1_je2frt8 wrote

It was a product of its time.

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HS_13_ OP t1_je2n1ym wrote

not a good excuse mate

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niceguybadboy t1_je2trcd wrote

I don't excuse things. I explain them.

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charleyismyhero t1_je32vjf wrote

It’s an excuse that implies nobody had a problem with it at the time. There were those who had a problem with it; most of them were ignored because the louder voices drowned them out. But it’s important to recognize that dissenting opinions existed.

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HS_13_ OP t1_je40gpw wrote

I completely agree. There are hundreds of films that are “products of their time” and lord knows Hollywood is rife with sexualisation and pedos but it was wrong then and it is wrong now.

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niceguybadboy t1_je47x0n wrote

>But it’s important to recognize that dissenting opinions existed.

I didn't say they didn't.

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HS_13_ OP t1_je40ee7 wrote

you wrote one sentence that didn’t explain anything

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niceguybadboy t1_je48ga2 wrote

And you're on a tirade browbeating a thirty year old movie that hit a sweet spot in the market when it came out but would never get made today.

This is fairly obvious to everyone but you, and this original post has no need for existing.

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HS_13_ OP t1_je4cgyj wrote

So pedophiles were allowed in the 90s?

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