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Pedigree chums: why the movies are killing off fewer dogs
Source: Culture | The Guardian · Published
Are film-makers wary of alienating increasingly sensitive audiences by offing a pooch? Or is humanity now just too soft to deal with the trauma of a Turner & Hooch? There was a time, not so long ago, when watching a film was a clearcut experience. There would be a good guy and a
Are film-makers wary of alienating increasingly sensitive audiences by offing a pooch? Or is humanity now just too soft to deal with the trauma of a Turner & Hooch? There was a time, not so long ago, when watching a film was a clearcut experience.
There would be a good guy and a bad guy, and you would know who the bad guy was because they would shoot a dog in the face. It happened more times than you might expect. Mad Max 2, dog gets shot.
Revenge, dog gets shot. Turner & Hooch, dog gets shot. Red, dog gets shot.
Man with the Gun, dog gets shot. Badlands, dog gets shot. Dog Soldiers, you’ll never guess.
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