US society more scared of sex than violence: Ethan Hawke
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By Ians English
Los
Angeles:
Ethan
Hawke,
star
of
films
as
diverse
as
Before
Sunrise
and
Training
Day,
says
US
society
is
more
alarmed
by
sex
in
movies
than
by
onscreen
violence.
The
42-year-old
actor
made
that
observation
in
a
chat
with
EFE
and
other
news
outlets
ahead
of
the
June
7
premiere
of
his
latest
film,
"The
Purge",
a
violent
flick
set
in
a
dystopian
future.
"Our
country's
relationship
with
sex
and
violence
is
a
fascinating
mystery
to
me," Hawke
said,
noting
that
both
of
his
most
recent
films:
The
Purge
and
Before
Midnight
-
a
romance
released
last
week,
received
R
ratings.
"Puritanism
and
liberalism
go
hand-in-hand.
I
have
done
interviews
for
'Before
Midnight' and
only
the
Americans
asked
me
about
(co-star)
Julie
Delpy's
breasts,
like
little
kids
who
have
never
seen
a
boob.
And
for
a
breast
the
film
gets
the
same
restriction
as
'The
Purge',
a
horror
movie,"
the
actor
said.
Set
in
the
year
2022,
The
Purge
depicts
a
US
where
the
government,
having
virtually
eliminated
street
crime,
designates
a
period
of
12
hours
every
year
when
anything
goes,
including
murder.
The
stated
objective
is
to
give
the
populace
a
chance
to
purge
accumulated
tension,
hatred
and
resentment,
but
almost
all
of
the
victims
of
the
authorized
mayhem
are
poor
people.
(IANS/EFE)