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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

Going back to Romeo and Juliet, I just concluded that it's not a story about two star-crossed lovers; it's a story about two depressed horny teenagers who commited suicide just days after meeting each other.



Peehaps people viewed it as violent because it was live-action? I could be wrong seeing how I was born after this century started but maybe it's because cartoons were viewed as 'made-up' compared to real people punching each other? I mean, I'm pretty sure Transformers was slightly more violent than Power Rangers (but then again no one minds robot violence that much compared to people violence).

Have you seen the Disney Davy Crockett films and tv specials from the 1950s? Lots of shootings and stabbings. Characters died, albeit in a cheesy clearly fake manner. These were incredibly violent and yet marketed towards children. I find it very odd what’s considered acceptable over half a century ago vs what’s considered violent over the past 27 years.