(Modernity) AMC has angered audiences by placing a trigger warning on the classic mobster movie Goodfellas, noting that it lacks “inclusion and tolerance.”
The New York Post notes that “AMC Networks added a trigger warning to the classic mob movie Goodfellas — rankling those who were in the film and wiseguys alike.”
The warning noted that “This film includes language and/or cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance and may offend some viewers.”
They aren’t stereotypes if they’re an accurate depiction of how all Italian people talk and act, they’re just depicting Truth
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) May 18, 2024
It’s a film about the mafia directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci. It isn’t supposed to be inclusive.
It is also based on a true story about Henry Hill, the infamous mobster who was associated with the Lucchese crime family of New York City from 1955 until 1980.
Pretty sure that he wasn’t tolerant or inclusive.
The Post further notes that “The warning was first affixed to the movie during the height of Black Lives Matter riots when many businesses and cultural institutions made avoiding offense to various groups a core part of their missions…”
Bo Ditel, a former NYPD cop who played a police officer in the movie told The Post “The fucking political correctness has fucking taken everything away,” adding “This is how life was back then. It was not a clean beautiful thing. You can’t cleanse history. If you want to tell true history, you gotta tell it the way it is.”
The backlash was immediate:
