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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 7260506" data-attributes="member: 1125"><p>did anyone see Gunpowder? The new BBC 1 drama stars Kit Harington as Robert Catesby the leader of the 1605 Gunpowder plot to blow up the King in Parliament (the one most associated with Guy Fawkes).</p><p></p><p>Anyway the first episode (starting 1603 and giving context to the plot) caused controversy due to its graphic depiction of executions - a women being stripped and crushed and a young priest being hung, drawn and quartered.</p><p></p><p>One viewer complained “Another potentially good historical drama ruined by unnecessary gruesome scenes.” whereas BBC has defended the scene as being "grounded in historical fact and reflect what took place during the time of the gunpowder plot.”</p><p></p><p>Anyway that got me thinking about brutality as a historic fact and how this is depicted in our entertainment. Should such things be depicted in full gory detail? </p><p></p><p>do you as a DM include details of people being gutted and decapitated in public executions in front of cheering crowds? more importantly with our modern sensibilities can the 'heroes' side legitmately use public crushing of heretics as a punishment and still be the 'good guys'?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 7260506, member: 1125"] did anyone see Gunpowder? The new BBC 1 drama stars Kit Harington as Robert Catesby the leader of the 1605 Gunpowder plot to blow up the King in Parliament (the one most associated with Guy Fawkes). Anyway the first episode (starting 1603 and giving context to the plot) caused controversy due to its graphic depiction of executions - a women being stripped and crushed and a young priest being hung, drawn and quartered. One viewer complained “Another potentially good historical drama ruined by unnecessary gruesome scenes.” whereas BBC has defended the scene as being "grounded in historical fact and reflect what took place during the time of the gunpowder plot.” Anyway that got me thinking about brutality as a historic fact and how this is depicted in our entertainment. Should such things be depicted in full gory detail? do you as a DM include details of people being gutted and decapitated in public executions in front of cheering crowds? more importantly with our modern sensibilities can the 'heroes' side legitmately use public crushing of heretics as a punishment and still be the 'good guys'? [/QUOTE]
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