When the Siver Screen Turns Red: Opinions on Movie Violence : ‘Gratuitous violence in movies is doing major damage...’
Sheila Benson’s July 23 article is right in saying that popular movies this summer are bloodier than ever.
The gratuitous violence in movies is doing major damage, because it is surely related to the high rates of murder and other acts of violence in America, as almost every psychological study on the subject now indicates.
TOM MOYNIER
Los Angeles
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