Shakespeare in Love

Movie • 1998 • History   

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Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
This movie contains 9 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
486 supporters
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Eratosthenese
No idea why someone voted yes. No dogs are harmed at all.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Abandonment
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Anonymous
John Webster as a street urchin could have been abandoned by his parents but it is never stated explicitly
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Eratosthenese
No idea why someone voted yes.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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smalltownheroes
There are some scenes in a tavern where everyone is getting very drunk
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
112 supporters
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Eratosthenese
No idea why someone voted yes.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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A mouse is fed to a cat offscreen, but we hear it squeak.
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Are animals abused?
224 supporters
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Eratosthenese
John Webster teases a cat with a living mouse though we don’t see it die on screen it certainly sounds like that’s what happens.
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Eratosthenese
No idea why someone voted yes. No dogs are harmed at all.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
193 supporters
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Eratosthenese
No idea why someone voted yes.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
36 supporters
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Eratosthenese
There are no dragons! Someone trolled this...
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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KristenC
Characters take droughts that drug them in the play within the movie
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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smalltownheroes
The lead female character is kissed against her will
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Eratosthenese
Someone has their feet burned over coals but he recovers and is fine
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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smalltownheroes
No, but it is alluded to in the torture scene in the beginning of the movie. They threaten to do it
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
97 supporters
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smalltownheroes
It's right in the beginning. If this might affect you you could probably skip the first five or so minutes.
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KristenC
Someone falls a few feet off the edge of a stage, though
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Anonymous
Offscreen, but described in detail.
During the rehearsals and production of Romeo and Juliet within the film, several characters are fake stabbed
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
69 supporters
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Anonymous
They put on a play of Romeo and Juliet which has child character deaths in it, but the actors playing them are adults
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Anonymous
They put on a play of Romeo and Juliet which has character deaths in it
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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KristenC
Marlowe dies
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Anonymous
A character briefly thinks someone is a ghost
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
120 supporters
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Is there incarceration?
1 supporters
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
35 supporters
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Romeo and Juliet is performed within the movie.
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Anonymous
The final scene is imagined
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Is there misophonia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
1 supporters
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
1 supporters
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3
Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is there bestiality?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Presumably yes, although this isn't noted as part of the scene or relationship
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Is someone sexually objectified?
47 supporters
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
1 supporters
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
1 supporters
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Social
Are there fat suits?
1 supporters
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Is someone homeless?
5 supporters
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Is existentialism debated?
1 supporters
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
35 supporters
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Does it have a sad ending?
1 supporters
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
20 supporters
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4
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smalltownheroes
There are also no cars around 1600
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Does a plane crash?
17 supporters
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1
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smalltownheroes
There are no planes around 1600
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
27 supporters
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3
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Anonymous
Several characters are shown underwater and likely drowning right at the end
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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1
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3