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trixus
Since: Aug, 2015
28th Mar, 2017 12:50:06 PM
crime show like CSI or Criminal minds does that too, shows with black comedy is all about this. There is no real allowance it's mostly creators and network discretion
Edited by trixus
GrigorII
Since: Aug, 2011
Chabal2
Since: Jan, 2010
I've scouted around the tropes trying to find a specific mention of this. I guess GAME OF THRONES and OUTLANDER stick out in my mind (both are more my wife's shows), but it seems that historical (REIGN?) and specifically medieval and quasi-medieval get away with all manner of torture, rape and mutilation that wouldn't fly in a modern-setting show. Is there a specific trope that mentions the allowance for this? George R. R. Martin uses historical precedent for the acts, but it seems like its just a way to justify the horror. (I'm down with horror, but I'm curious.)