I'm drawn to darker materials, like movies and books etc. Is this wrong?

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Miri

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Joidevivre said:
Way back when, would Humpty Dumpty be considered a dark story since he fell and crashed into a lot of pieces and no one could put him back together again. As a child, I just saw this little cute egg who somehow just got cracked and that was that. The difference would be the "visual" effects the story would be cast in today. It very well could be turned into a horrible monster type Humpty with blood and guts as all rotten eggs might be. And of course his fall would be in slow motion with scary music.

And what about the horror of Little Red Riding Hood being scared so much by that fierce wolf who was going to eat her up. Wait a min., I think we have many types of that sort of story out now.

I loved to read Hunger Games because I could see it the way I wanted to see it. Especially when reading you can sort of fade out the parts that you don't want to visualize. But it was a different experience to see the movie with all the visual and sound effects.

So, are there different shades of dark? Depending on the way it is portrayed?
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Dont forget goldilocks and the 3 bears.
Breaking and entry
home invasion
vandalism
theft

Got to feel sorry for the Bears!
 
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oldethennew

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as in most of what people watch on TV, the darkness is blended in so well from conditioning
and the subliminal that most will never have a clue...the wiley one knows the hearts of men
and what pleases them and this is what they have been given for their entertainment in order
to escape the reality of Jesus Christ.... we are ex-addicts...no TV, no cell phone, just the
CC for a time and my husbands learning and teaching sites...
 
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persontalkto

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There's nothing too wrong with it, at least your venting your interest in that kind of stuff by watching movies and reading books, instead of putting it to the ground and trying it, if you can walk away from viewing such material without putting the ideas into practice I would say your strong enough to enjoy it responsibly
 
SkittlePumpkin

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I must admit; I do thoroughly enjoy dark comedies.
 
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Ultimatum77

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Joidevivre said:
Way back when, would Humpty Dumpty be considered a dark story since he fell and crashed into a lot of pieces and no one could put him back together again. As a child, I just saw this little cute egg who somehow just got cracked and that was that. The difference would be the "visual" effects the story would be cast in today. It very well could be turned into a horrible monster type Humpty with blood and guts as all rotten eggs might be. And of course his fall would be in slow motion with scary music.

And what about the horror of Little Red Riding Hood being scared so much by that fierce wolf who was going to eat her up. Wait a min., I think we have many types of that sort of story out now.

I loved to read Hunger Games because I could see it the way I wanted to see it. Especially when reading you can sort of fade out the parts that you don't want to visualize. But it was a different experience to see the movie with all the visual and sound effects.

So, are there different shades of dark? Depending on the way it is portrayed?
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The truth is the King is never mentioned in Humpty Dumpty except to describe the soldiers belonging to the king, in truth the King had a crackin good time b/c he ate humpty dumpty as scrambled eggs....it's a conspiracy i dare say! Breakfast will never be the same again.....

Okay in all seriousness though, some of the nursery rhymes have deeper darker meanings such as 3 blind mice was referencing the protestant movement of jonathan edwards and others who were opposed to queen mary's catholicism.....when the mice run it is b/c she was hunting them down to kill these reformation preachers.....dark stuff based in reality ....really interesting to think about as well....
 
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Ultimatum77

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Ultimatum77 said:
The truth is the King is never mentioned in Humpty Dumpty except to describe the soldiers belonging to the king, in truth the King had a crackin good time b/c he ate humpty dumpty as scrambled eggs....it's a conspiracy i dare say! Breakfast will never be the same again.....

Okay in all seriousness though, some of the nursery rhymes have deeper darker meanings such as 3 blind mice was referencing the protestant movement of jonathan edwards and others who were opposed to queen mary's catholicism.....when the mice run it is b/c she was hunting them down to kill these reformation preachers.....dark stuff based in reality ....really interesting to think about as well....
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I got my facts mixed up it wasn't jonathan edwards but a bunch of protestant bishops opposed to queen mary's catholicism....

some more rhymes with dark meanings...you'll find some common ones there with things you never thought about....
The Dark Origins of 11 Classic Nursery Rhymes | Mental Floss
 
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