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the top ten controversial scenes in PG
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we’re looking at the most unexpected and
inappropriate moments from PG movies the
movies themselves don’t have to be
controversial but these specific scenes
are definitely disturbing and because of
their unpleasant nature viewer
discretion is advised
number 10 masturbation implication Shrek
Fiona this animated fantasy comedy took
the world by storm when it was first
released in 2001 part of what made it
such a hit was that it was a kids movie
adults could also enjoy thanks to some
rather risky jokes hello she lives with
seven other men she is not easy but this
particular moment was more than a little
suggestive as Lord Farquaad lies in bed
he tells the magic mirror to replay
footage of Princess Fiona over and over
again mera mera show her to me
show me the princess while the kids may
think he’s obsessed take a look at the
situation he’s in bed
shirtless drinking a martini the
disgusted look on the mirrors face
really says it all the Lord is about to
apply a little self-love
[Applause]
number nine Jessica rabbits introduction
Who Framed Roger Rabbit hey don’t blame
her she’s just drawn that way when this
animated live-action hybrid debuted it
garnered attention for many jokes and
themes that weren’t suitable for younger
audiences but none drew as much
controversy as the over-sexualized
Jessica Rabbit as the wife of the
titular Roger one would expect Jessica
to also be a rabbit the filmmakers
cleverly ran with that assumption and
the look of surprise in our heroes face
matched our own when she stepped onto
the screen while her design leads to
some smart twist on the femme fatale
trope we can’t imagine parents were too
thrilled taking their kids to see this
one
[Music]
number eight the boat ride Willy Wonka
and the Chocolate Factory released in
the early 70s this adaptation of the
popular Roald Dahl book quickly
established itself as a classic kids
Hill the plot which involves ill-behaved
children being dispatched in different
rooms of the factory is already kind of
dark a walk but there’s one scene in
particular that sticks out as being more
than a little unsettling early on the
group embarks on a fast paced and
nightmarish boat ride where they are
subjected to gruesome images these
images include what appears to be a
giant worm slithering over a woman’s
face and a chicken getting decapitated
if that wasn’t bad enough Wonka also
begins to sing a disturbing song that
soon involves into shrieks Yanks are the
fires of hell of glowing
is the grisly reaper mowing number seven
the seduction scene Howard the Duck just
can’t seem to find the right man maybe
it’s not a man you should be looking for
to be fair there were a lot of issues
with this film the plot focuses on an
anthropomorphic duck that must save
Earth from an alien invasion it doesn’t
get more 80s than that but the film is a
critical and commercial bomb thanks to
its infantile humor and blank characters
so it says quite a lot that one of the
only things most people remember about
this flop turned cult classic is a scene
in which a human woman attempts to
seduce our titular duck hero I just
can’t resist your intense animal
magnetism yep you heard that right
while you can tell the filmmakers were
trying to play the scene off is funny it
just comes off as weird and unnatural
I’ve got a headache and I got the
aspirin number six Ray’s dream
ghostbusters
[Music]
it’s totally understandable to dream
about your work but this is a bit much
are you seeing the trend a lot of
eighties comedies blurred the line
between funny and racy in this hilarious
classic three scientists hit it big when
they discovered that ghosts have begun
to roam New York City and they set up an
extermination business during a montage
of the group success dan Aykroyd zuray
dreams that he’s being visited by a
beautiful ghost hovering above him the
ghost disappears unzipping Ray’s fly at
the same time and his expression is
absolutely priceless a suggestive
fellatio joke in a PG movie who would
have thought number five
quints death jaws I value my neck a lot
more than 3,000 bucks chief Steven
Spielberg’s classic thriller is known
for being a real high anxiety terror of
a film and yet somehow it got a PG
rating we see a number of violent deaths
at the teeth of our shark but their tame
compared to how Quint goes out from a
storytelling perspective it makes sense
that the most violent death would take
place last and happened to one of the
characters we know best however that
didn’t make it any less shocking to
audiences this scene is one of the
reasons jaws is now cemented in pop
culture history we guess that’s worth a
few scarred kids number four human
sacrifice Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom this wasn’t the first time this
franchise had included something
controversial but in this sequel it
really felt like they were trying to top
the original in every aspect this scene
in which Indian company watch a human
sacrifice offended just about everyone
not only did this moment and most of the
film draw criticism for the way it
depicted Indian people in Hinduism but
it also helped lead to the creation of
the pg-13 rating imagine making a movie
so violent for younger viewers that the
entire rating system needed to be
reworked we’d be impressed if we weren’t
so grossed out number three all of it
watership down how controversial could a
movie about bunnies be well if it’s
violently fantastical retelling of their
place in the food chain pretty
controversial then since the film is
animated many parents likely showed it
to their children expecting a
family-friendly adventure but that isn’t
what they got the plot revolves around a
group of rabbits as they try to find a
new home after one of them has an
apocalyptic vision on their adventure
they meet many deceptive predators and
even a few disturbing bunnies it’s
pigley as real rabbits are associated
with cuteness it must have come as quite
a shock to see them in terrifying and
sometimes gruesome situations if only
parents had read the book first
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number two face peel poltergeist in all
honesty you could point to multiple
scenes in this classic horror movie that
are wildly inappropriate for a PG movie
remember the clown doll when a family
moves into a new house they soon
discover that it is haunted they begin
to experience all manner of strange and
terrifying occurrences but none is more
upsetting than the scene where one
character seemingly peels his own face
off in front of a mirror the practical
effects make it all the more unsettling
released before Temple of Doom the film
predates the creation of the pg-13
rating so many scenes got past the MPAA
there’s no way it would be rated PG
today though before we get to our top
how could child abuse not claim the top
spot based on an autobiography by
Christine Crawford the film tells the
story of the actress Joan Crawford and
her alleged foul treatment of her
adopted children throughout the course
of the movie
Crawford torments her children with
but none is more notorious than the
scene in which she finds her daughter’s
she then wakes up her daughter by
screaming thrashing her room and beating
though the scene likely made child
viewers appreciate more the parents they
wound up with it probably also left them
traumatized do you agree with our picks
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