British actor Ralph Fiennes took issue with trigger warnings in theaters. He insisted audiences should be “disturbed” by what they see in front of them and told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, “I think we didn’t used to have trigger warnings. I mean, there are very disturbing scenes in Macbeth, terrible murders and things. But I think the impact of theater should be that you’re shocked and you should be disturbed.”
“I don’t think you should be prepared for these things, and when I was young, we never had trigger warnings for shows,” Fiennes added.
“Shakespeare’s plays are full of murders, full of horror.
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