cock fighting
my wife is upset about the cock fighting i assured her that it was tick photography and such. someone confirm this so she can relax.
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The fighting was real, but the spurs were not. Norman Jewison explains
in his commentary that the spurs on their feet were made of rubber, so that the birds could not hurt themselves, and also because the Humane Society was watching them very closely and did not tolerate inhumane treatment of animals.
So tell your wife she can breathe easy...no animals or cockfighters were
harmed during the making of this film.
"OOO...I'M GON' TELL MAMA!"
Watched this on Channel 5 yesterday and no cockfighting was actually shown. Was it cut out? I know animal cruelty is one of the few things the BBFC still take a hard line on.
shareThere is real cockfight footage on the TCM print. And even if you don't tie razorblades on their spurs, or even blunt them (with rubber? never heard of that)-- them birds still bloody each other up pretty good with their beaks. It's kind of a stretch to say that no chickens were "hurt."
On the other hand, as someone who raises roosters for their fly-tying hackle, I can tell you the just naturally love to fight. Animal cruelty people are wrong about sled dogs too-- they love every minute of mushing, no matter how hard you work em.
The same people who hate cockfights are in favor of free-range chickens over the factory-bred kind, and they're right that they'd lead an infinitely better life. They also make for a lot tastier meat-- but you can't let chickens range free without them getting into fights, and I don't just mean the roosters.
>>but you can't let chickens range free without them getting into fights, and I don't just mean the roosters.
Where do you think they got the phrase, "pecking order"?
I once got some molting hens from the University of New Hampshire. Their beaks were trimmed so they would harm each other less. Granted they had been in those wretched "battery" cages, but still.....
Do they have a Humane Society which monitors abuse of actors on the set, or is it called a union?
So owning a chicken makes you an expert on Alaskan sled dogs. Well I had a pet iguana once, and that means whales love getting harpooned by Japanese scientists. For real.
share"They love every minute of mushing/-/".
So the implication of sorts would be that roosters likewise love every minute of being pecked and hacked to their bloody deaths? Certainly an interesting viewpoint.
It´s kinda bizarre how that bulky slut Margaret was so fervently into zoo sadism yet McQueen - or anyone else - never as much as raised an eyebrow. Or maybe I shouldn´t be surprised - after all, it´s not ´that´ long ago when public executions were considered great entertainment.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
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