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12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
17 TV And Movie Scenes That Went Way Too Far
I'm no stranger to an uncomfy, controversial, or gory on-screen moment. Sometimes you gotta cross the line to get a point across — and that might mean including a scene that makes people squirm. As someone who worships Breaking Bad and Seven, I can understand and respect that — sometimes you just gotta put a severed head on a turtle, or in a box. WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOOOX??? But I'm sure you can also agree that there IS a line. There's certainly such thing as being too inappropriate, too gory, or too problematic, especially when the storyline appears to lack a real purpose. And today, we're gonna highlight my picks — the TV shows and movies that went TOO. FREAKIN'. FAR. In addition to BrBa and Seven, I'll also mention that I gave super-high ratings to toThe Silence of the Lambs and Fight Club (my fave movie of all time). If you're looking for credibility, there it is. I ain't no snowflake. I'll start with a more recent one. We're all aware Another Simple Favor starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick just came out. Well, there's a totally senseless plotline in it where Blake's character Emily has a few romantic encounters with her twin sister. Yeah, I'm serious. In the movie, the twins kiss in more than one scene. As if the first kissing scene isn't enough, later on, one sister also drugs the other, then gets on top of her and kisses her. And speaking of incest (not a phrase I ever thought I'd write on the internet), we can't NOT talk about Saxon and Lochlan from The White Lotus. I refused to jump on the bandwagon of this show solely to avoid this my mother described it to me as "the most disgusting thing" she's ever seen on TV. ICYMI, we're talking about Season 3. Saxon and Lochlan are brothers, and their relationship quickly starts becoming uncomfortably close. Their first kiss is in Episode 5, and that quickly develops into a full-blown sexual relationship. AND THEY'RE BROTHERS. Mike White, I loved you on Survivor, but can I just Perhaps the most upsetting scene I've ever seen on TV was the bathtub scene in 13 Reasons Why. The whole first season of the show is about Hannah Baker's suicide, and her "reasons why." But in a now-deleted scene, they depicted her actual suicide in way, way, way too much detail. The show, which is based on a young-adult novel, appeared to have extremely negative consequences for teens as a whole. 13 Reasons Why was actually "associated with [an] increase in youth suicide rates," which is so beyond tragic. Thankfully, they deleted the scene from the show, but I really wish younger me never saw it. Virtually every single millennial watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But perhaps you don't remember that scene in Season 6 where Spike sexually assaults Buffy. She ends up defending herself, but the whole thing is extremely uncomfortable and difficult to watch. And it's not just viewers who hate the scene. James Marsters, who plays Spike, said the show "sent [him] into therapy," and this scene is a big reason for that. "It's a problematic scene for a lot of people who like the show. And it's the darkest professional day of my life," he said. I could name so many scenes from Euphoria that I felt crossed the line, but as someone who 100% has emetophobia, that hot tub vomiting scene in Season 2 was just too much. This one is pretty self-explanatory — in the scene, Cassie, played by Sydney Sweeney, vomits all over the hot tub. And it's pretty revolting. I guess you could make arguments for why this was important, but I argue it was way too much to ever justify. Sydney Sweeney herself even said the director "just wanted vomit everywhere," and she dubbed it "the most disgusting thing [she's] ever experienced." I'll defend Glee forever and always, but I can't deny that several of those storylines were problematic. The one that consistently rubs me the wrong way is in Season 4, when Marley develops an eating disorder, largely thanks to manipulative cheerleader-slash-mean-girl Kitty. Marley ends up fainting onstage during a competition, and the whole club basically blames her for the team's disqualification. Part of the reason why this storyline bothers me so much is we don't really get any closure — and with such a serious topic, that's a massive shame. Kitty ends up revealing she essentially caused Marley's eating disorder, and because they're in a super tense situation when Kitty spills this secret, Marley basically just forgives her, and we don't hear about the situation again. Season 7 of The Walking Dead opens with a couple of excessively bloody kills, one being a fan-fave character since the show started. I won't name the characters just in case you're extremely behind on this show, but it definitely pushed boundaries in how brutal the kills were — almost to an unnecessary degree. Some fans even said these deaths were some of the bloodiest ones in the history of TV, which is a LOT to say for this show and TV in general. I get that the premise of The Walking Dead means blood and gore, but at some point, it's just excessive. Especially when it's a character we all adored so low-key felt personal. Can I be brutally honest for a sec? Virtually everything in the Fifty Shades movies can be classified as "too far" in my books. But there's perhaps one collection of scenes most people can probably agree are too much: anything that happens in the Red Room (AKA basically Christian's BDSM room). Not only are these scenes uncomfy for the audience to witness — for seemingly no reason at all — but it was also not fun for the actors themselves. "Some of the Red Room stuff was uncomfortable," Jamie Dornan admitted. "There were times when Dakota [Johnson] was not wearing much, and I had to do stuff to her that I'd never choose to do to a woman." IDK about you, but that makes me shudder. This one's an unpopular opinion, so brace yourself: The Substance. I get that this movie is a body horror, but the entire last portion, where Sue and Elizabeth "fight," ruined the entire movie for me. And I'm not the only one who thinks so. So much blood and gore, so long, and all while lacking a true point or moral, it truly feels. My disdain with this part is about more than just gore. What could've been a poignant ending that makes a profound statement about aging and feminism ended up being a blood-fight, a mockery, women's battles with aging and societal sexism reduced to a bloody outburst. And I found that even more disgusting than the blood itself. Sorry for getting all heated!!! I still love you, Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. This is just my opinion. OK, now let's talk about Game of Thrones. You all knew this was coming, didn't you? I literally couldn't get past the first episode of this show because of all the sexual assault — not just the volume, but those scenes just seemed to last forever. Never mind all the incest, too. Again, I understand these scenes serve a purpose, but it's the excess that bothers a lot of people. There are just so many violent sexual assault and incest scenes in this show, at a certain point, you have to consider whether it's even worth watching the show as a whole. Game of Thrones is perhaps the most well-known show for its brutal sexual assault scenes, but not enough people talk about Outlander. There are a few sexual assault scenes in this show that fans think went too far — in particular, the scenes at the end of Season 1 were called "the most graphic and disturbing rape scenes ever to air in the history of television." Sam Heughan, who plays Jamie Fraser, talked about how uncomfy it was for him to shoot that part in Season 1. "The cock shot was unnecessary and did betray my trust in the creative team a bit," he said. He also noted that he didn't think the nudity added much substance to the plot: "This wasn't a moment where I felt that being naked would add to the horror of what Jamie undergoes." And as a viewer, I have to sympathize. All the sexualization of Angela in American Beauty is just awful to watch now, not least because her character is underage. Angela is supposed to be 17, a friend of protagonist Lester's (Kevin Spacey) daughter. People agree the entire movie has aged like milk, but it's especially difficult to watch Lester's dream sequence, where he fantasizes about touching Angela in ways we can all agree are extremely gross. Can I say it again? ANGELA IS UNDERAGE. Plus, it's his daughter's friend. That's not hot, it's CREEPY. The plot of the entire movie feels problematic to many of us now, but I'd like to think we should've known better when this came out in 1999. You is seriously one of my favourite shows of the past few years, so there's not much I can critique about it. But one part was a bit too gross for me: the montage in Season 2 that flips between Joe (Penn Badgley) putting a body in a meat grinder and Love (Victoria Pedretti) cooking a meal (yes, with meat in it). See what they did there? Filmography-wise, I get it, and I can appreciate it. But as a viewer, I physically couldn't watch it. Like, did we really have to see the intricate process of Joe putting a literal dead body in a meat grinder? And the connotations of Love cooking a meal at the same time hard to ignore. Several of the most renowned sitcoms of all time have pulled scenes since they first aired because of characters appearing in blackface. Namely, The Office, Scrubs, and Community — but you might not know that 30 Rock pulled a whopping FOUR episodes in 2020 because of blackface, one with John Hamm as a guest star. Tina Fey, who created the series (duh), issued an apology when the episodes were taken down. "I understand now that 'intent' is not a free pass for white people to use these images. I apologise for pain they have caused," she wrote. "Going forward, no comedy-loving kid needs to stumble on these tropes and be stung by their ugliness." I've said it before and I'll say it again: I can appreciate a raunchy joke. But I can't justify the one scene in Sausage Party that seemingly makes a sexual assault joke — with a juice box, of all things. In the scene, the bottom of an injured juice box starts leaking, and the antagonist drinks from the hole. Then he says, "If you tell anyone about this, I'm gonna deny it, bro." This is another one that deeply offends me. Who thought it was a good idea to include a (I'm assuming) sexual assault joke in an animated comedy movie? Here's the truth: it's just not funny. That line of dialogue feels disgusting and triggering, and takes the "joke" way, way, way over the edge. This one is kinda controversial, but I don't think I've ever been as passionate as when this came out. Years before "gaslighting" was a term everyone knew, we heard it on Season 17 of The Bachelorette. Yes, I'm talking about contestant Greg Grippo, who Katie Thurston accused of gaslighting. The reason I feel this went "too far" is, yeah, that's someone's (ahem, Katie's) actual trauma displayed on live TV. Greg's actions hit way too close to home for many viewers. And seeing how many people were #TeamGreg after the fact was…really disheartening. TBH, this was the reason I stopped watching The Bachelor franchise. Greg later admitted he "came off like an ass," but for me, it's too little, too late. Finally, let's chat about that absurd scene in the 2006 movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, where Sacha Baron Cohen pretends to kidnap Pamela Anderson. The whole thing is staged, but the audience doesn't know that, so they essentially fight to try and save Pam — which "accidentally injured" her in real life. This scene is supposed to be light, and all in good fun, but clearly there were deeper consequences we didn't see at the time. In 2019, Sacha also revealed that controversy surrounding this scene might have contributed to Pamela's divorce to Kid Rock. So yeah, this one's got a lotttt of lore. Which TV or movie scene do you think crossed the line? Maybe it was too inappropriate, gross, or problematic? Tell me in the comments below, or fill out this form to stay anonymous! And make sure to follow BuzzFeed Canada on TikTok and Instagram for more!
Time of India
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Jon Bellion talks about Jungkook and BTS, mentioning 'so much autotune' as the ‘Seven' demo version played on set
Jon Bellion, a well-known artist from America, recently talked about Jungkook , his singing abilities, and BTS. Bellion starred as a guest on the 'Zach Sang Show', where a demo version of Jungkook's popular song 'Seven' was played for him to judge. Jon Bellion praises BTS Jungkook's vocals During the airing of the 'Zach Sang Show' on June 2, artist Jon Bellion, known for hits like 'All Time Low', 'The Good In Me', and 'Hand Of God', starred as a guest. During the show, a copy of BTS Jungkook's song 'Seven' was played for the artist to judge. The song 'Seven' is one of Jungkook's most famous songs. Not only that, Jon Bellion, Latto, and Theron Makiel Thomas all worked on co-writing the hit song as well. The demo version was played during the show, to which Jon Bellion first reacted with if the show really managed to get the demo version and then proceeded to pass the comment "so much autotune". His comment after he played the demo version directly pointed towards how this version sounded much different from the original version that was released with his albums. Jungkook's raw vocals managed to outshine the 'autotune' in the demo. Jon Bellion praises Jungkook and BTS for their talent and hard work During the show, Jon Bellion talked about working with Jungkook and the rest of the K-pop group. He commented how "these seven individuals are so incredibly gifted. They work so hard. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like News For Jack Nicholson, 87, He Has Been Confirmed To Be... Reportingly Undo They are built different." He also commended each of the members' dedication towards their craft and how even through military enlistment, all seven members have managed to carefully and effectively balance everything, which was 'incredible' of them. About Jungkook from BTS Jungkook has managed to make a big name for himself as a solo artist in the entertainment industry. Even with the military enlistment, the idol managed to rack up a lot of achievements. The idol is all set to finally finish his 18-month long enlistment. He will officially get discharged from his enlistment on June 11, taking one step forward towards a possible BTS group reunion. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
Pink Villa
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Jungkook's lack of 'autotune' comes to light with demo reveal, Jon Bellion praises BTS for being 'built different'
BTS's Jungkook is making waves as a solo artist, impressing fans worldwide with his addictive tracks. Even during his 18-month military service, he continued to break records, solidifying his reputation as a talented artist. Recently, American artist Jon Bellion praised Jungkook and the BTS members, sharing his experience of collaborating on the track Seven, and revealing the demo version of the popular song for the first time. Jungkook's Seven's demo version revealed Jungkook 's solo endeavors cemented his status as one of the top K-pop soloists, with Seven (featuring Latto) being one of his most successful releases. Recently, on June 2, his song Seven's demo version was unveiled in the Zach Sang Show and immediately got viral on social media. Its songwriter, Jon Bellion, who was a guest of the episode, briefly commented on it. As the host said they were going to play the demo version, Jon Bellion questioned whether they really managed to get their hands on it. It already sparked curiosity as to how bad or good the version might be for him to react that way. As the demo version was being played, it sounded notably different from the final product, prompting Jon Bellion to say, "so much autotune." This contrast showcases Jungkook's impressive raw vocals, making the final version all the more impressive. Jungkook and BTS received praises Host Zach Sang mentioned how talented and resilient the BTS members were and said, "these seven individuals are so incredibly gifted. They work so hard." Jon Bellion, agreeing with Zach Sang's words, said, "They are built different." He indicated how they managed their career, military enlistment and other stuff, yet never failed to deliver anything short of excellence. The host lauded them saying how "incredible" each of them were. As per him, no matter how much they praised BTS, it would still be an "understatement." Jon Bellion then shared behind-the-scenes information with fans. He recalled during Seven's song recording, everytime the song got cut, Jungkook would diligently work on improving his English pronunciation to ensure the track sounded its best. It showcased the artist's dedication towards his craft.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
S&P 500's breakout May was largely a result of Mag 7 gains
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) clocked its best month of trading in May since 1990, and the majority of the Magnificent Seven — comprised of tech stocks Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA) — may be deserving of some of the credit. Yahoo Finance host Julie Hyman recaps the Mag 7 stock gains and how it contributed to the S&P 500's breakout May. Stay up to date on the latest market action, minute-by-minute, with Yahoo Finance's Market Minute. The S&P 500 just chalking up its best May in 35 years. The reason, two words, magnificent seven. Yes, indeed, they are back and really contributing once again. Remember the debate that we sort of continually have, uh, does the S&P 500 rely too much on large cap tech for its gains? Well, I'm not going to opine on that, but it definitely accounted for a lot of the gains in May, 62% to be exact. That is according to research from DataTrek. And here is the breakdown in index points of the contribution each of the components made. Now, Apple did not contribute. It actually took away a tenth of a point from the S&P 500 during the month because it was down. But otherwise, we saw big gains and big contributions from likes of Microsoft and even bigger Nvidia. Even Tesla, which as we know has been a, a, a decliner year to date and has been taking away from gains, even it saw the gains in the month. So overall, you get that 62% of the S&P 500 overall in terms of the index point gains that we saw, uh, for, for these large cap tech companies. So it really was a comeback. Another way to look at it is to look at the ETF that tracks these companies, and you see here, and I know Jared Blikre has been looking at this, the two-month chart for these stocks. We can also take a look at the sort of year-to-date to see where we are and where we have come. So we've made this round trip, but we haven't made it all the way back to where we were at the beginning of the year. We're pretty much flat. And we've been talking to investors about this. Are these stocks now priced correctly given the outlook? Should people get in here? Of course, there are is a large range of opinions. We talked to Kenny Paul Carry, Paul Carry earlier on the show and he said, in terms of stocks broadly here, you still want to be cautious because of some of the trade negotiations, the uncertainty about how that's going to turn out. We also talked to Ted Mortenson of Baird, and he says we really want to pay close attention to these companies' second quarter and third quarter numbers, the ones that really start to incorporate the effect of the tariffs as as they have started to, um, impact their bottom line. So that's something to keep an eye on here to see where the magnificent 7 go from here. One of the things Mortenson pointed out, however, is that capex remains intact. In other words, big cap tech continues to spend and continues to spend on itself. Nvidia, as we know, has been one of the primary beneficiaries.
Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
Samantha Armytage's estranged husband Richard Lavender reportedly offered spot on revamped Farmer Wants a Wife
Samantha Armytage's ex-employer Channel 7 is reportedly 'determined' to lock in her estranged husband Richard Lavender for a revamp of Farmer Wants a Wife. Armytage, 48, announced her separation from Lavender, 61, in December just weeks before their fourth wedding anniversary. The split came months after Armytage's equally shocking professional separation from Seven in favour of a plum new gig hosting The Golden Bachelor on rival Channel 9. The Golden Bachelor is a new twist on the popular Bachelor dating franchise and will see a group of older Australians competing for the hearts of Barry 'Bear' Myrden, a widower in his 50s from Manly in Sydney's Northern Beaches. Seven is reportedly planning to revamp the 2026 season of Farmer Wants a Wife Australia – which Armytage previously hosted – to feature older farmers and take on the Golden Bachelor head on. According to a Seven production source who spoke to New Idea magazine on Monday, Armytage's estranged husband is at the top of the casting list. 'Production doesn't want the format becoming stale, and they're desperate to give the show a fresh new look and format in a bid to rival its growing competitors,' the source said. 'Channel Seven is determined to convince former Farmer host Samantha Armytage's ex-husband Richard Lavender to front a Golden Farmer series.' The source claimed that Armytage would likely see the move as an insult, especially after Lavender shunned the spotlight throughout his marriage to the ex-Sunrise host. 'Sam wouldn't love the idea of Richard being involved in Farmer, in fact she would probably see it as a bit of an insult, but she is the one that had him pose for magazine covers and put his name in the spotlight, he's of interest because of his high profile marriage and separation to Sam,' the source said. The split shocked some industry insiders, especially after Armytage herself told Woman's Day that she quit her role hosting breakfast television show Sunrise to live at Lavender's 40-hectare estate in New South Wales' Southern Highlands. Following the break up, sources told Daily Mail Australia that a contributing factor to the split was allegedly tension between Lavender's adult children and Armytage. It is understood the TV star has left the countryside and decamped back to Sydney's eastern suburbs amid her divorce.
