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'Goodfellas' Trigger Warning on AMC Sparks Online Backlash

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“Goodfellas” may not have aged so well to some audiences … receiving a trigger warning from the AMC over outdated stereotypes — and, it’s causing an online backlash.

Ken Lovett — a former reporter for the New York Post — shared a picture of a trigger warning he says played right before the flick on TV to X earlier this week … warning audiences about potentially offensive content in the Martin Scorsese film.

The warning cites “language and/or offensive cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion.”

As you can imagine, even having a trigger warning — which AMC says it added back in 2020 mind you — is starting a riot online … with many people calling out wokeness and the oversensitive left for marring the classic by adding the warning.

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To be fair … the gangster classic’s full of casual racism and misogyny — but, defenders are saying that’s consistent with the times. After all, it is a period piece.

In fact, the New York Post spoke with former cop Bo Dietl — who plays a small part in the film — and he’s blasting the move, saying the movie tells it how it really was on the tough New York City streets.

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We don’t know how some of the film’s stars feel about it … we’ve reached out to Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci — so far, no word back. We’ve also reached out to AMC.

That said, some actors have slammed trigger warnings in recent days … including Dame Judi Dench who told sensitive people not to go to the theater at all if they’re easily triggered.


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