'Will cause offence': Classic James Bond films slapped with trigger warnings for 'outdated' stereotypes

Classic James Bond movies from the 1960s received trigger warnings from the British Film Institute ahead of upcoming screenings. The warnings told audiences to expect outdated themes and racist stereotypes.

The two films in question were 1967's "You Only Live Twice" and "Goldfinger" from 1964. Both films star iconic Scottish actor Sean Connery.

The organization has featured the two films as part of a celebration of soundtrack writer John Barry, showcasing Barry's musical scores in the motion pictures.

However, the website warned that the "films contain language, images or other content that reflect views prevalent in its time, but will cause offence today (as they did then)."

"The titles are included here for historical, cultural or aesthetic reasons and these views are in no way endorsed by the BFI or its partners," the institute added.

The newer film, "You Only Live Twice," also received its own specific warning of "outdated racial stereotypes," the Independent reported.

"As a cultural charity with responsibility for the preservation of film and moving image work and presenting it to audiences, we continuously face and deal with challenges presented by the history of film and television programmes and how they reflect views prevalent to their time," the BFI told the Guardian.

"Whilst we have a responsibility to preserve films as close to their contemporaneous accuracy as possible, even where they contain language or depiction which we categorically reject, we also have a responsibility in how we present them to our audiences," the film institute insisted.

"Goldfinger" has been criticized for sexist dialogue on the part of James Bond, who at one point tells a woman to "say goodbye" so he can conduct "man talk," before slapping her on the buttocks.

At the same time, in "You Only Live Twice," the Bond character is disguised to look like a Japanese man for one of his spy missions.

In 2023, original work from James Bond author Ian Fleming were revised due to worries of offence as well.

The N-word was edited out of books from the 1950s and 1960s, with some depictions of black people also removed.

An example of a revised line was from "Live and Let Die," where James Bond described some possible African criminals as "pretty law-abiding chaps I should have thought, except when they’ve drunk too much."

The line was changed to "pretty law-abiding chaps I should have thought."

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