funniest response i’ve gotten so far re: grownup movies goes to the person who said “well i have a little something called ~*~depression~*~ and i don’t want to watch stressful ass movies” oh thank god i just learned im actually not mentally ill even a little as proven by my propensity for mature themes
I see this a lot and on the one hand I can understand how someone feeling bad might want to avoid a movie that'll bum them out, but they're never just saying that, y'know? There's always this guilt-riddled implication that "grim" or "dark" art is the purview of people with such spectacularly robust mental health that they're somehow immune to the emotional impact of those works. And like, this is so funny to me because it's nonsense if you think about it for longer than eleven seconds and is only really possible to posit if you already feel existing shame about not consuming different art and feel the need to personally justify it to someone who almost certainly does not give a shit what you, personally, are and aren't watching!
