Amazon censoring the ‘Full Metal Jacket’ movie poster proves how screwed up our priorities are

nypost.com:

actor Matthew Modine made a horrifying discovery on Amazon Prime. The platform seemingly had altered the iconic poster for Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 war movie, “Full Metal Jacket,” starring Modine and Vincent D’Onofrio.

The phrase “Born to Kill,” scribbled on a camo Marine helmet, was suddenly gone.The digital clean-up crew did however, keep the helmet’s peace sign; some delicate soul, it appeared, thought the words were too inflammatory to remain. “Who decided to remove ‘BORN TO KILL?’” Modine, 65 wrote on X, adding, “Not only did they alter a piece of iconic art by [designer] Philip Castle, but they completely misunderstood the point of it being there.“[My character] Pvt.

Joker wears the helmet with ‘BORN TO KILL’ and the peace button as a statement about ‘the duality of man,’” Modine said.There is a pivotal scene in the movie when a colonel asks Modine’s young recruit character why he wrote “Born to kill” and wore a peace sign button. “What’s that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?”Modine’s character explains that the combination refers to “The duality of man.

The Jungian thing, sir,” referring to psychiatrist Carl Jung.Heaven forbid we take a moment to employ critical thinking skills and curiosity, and probe beneath the surface to understand the words’ intent.