The purpose of film ratings is to exclude; the adult, and an NC-17 rating categorically excludes everyone who is under 18. purpose of trigger warnings is to include. As I discussed earlier in this essay, it would have been very difficult for me to attend a showing of Les Miserables shortly after a friend committed suicide by jumping, the same method that the character Javert uses in the film adaptation, had I not been warned. But I enjoyed the film and even found some catharsis from reliving a traumatic event. The film rating did not provide information that would have warned me about the suicide trigger, and its goal is to keep children from being exposed to content. Trigger warnings, allow adults to expose themselves to content with a minimal risk of conversely, trauma.
adult, and an NC-17 rating categorically excludes everyone who is under 18. The purpose of film ratings is to exclude; the purpose of trigger warnings is to include. As I discussed earlier in this essay, it would have been very difficult for me to attend a showing of Les Miserables shortly after a friend committed suicide by jumping, the same method that the character Javert uses in the film adaptation, had I not been warned. But I enjoyed the film and even found some catharsis from reliving a traumatic event. The film rating did not provide information that would have warned me about the suicide trigger, and its goal is to keep children from being exposed to content. Trigger warnings, conversely, allow adults to expose themselves to content with a minimal risk of trauma.