The Peter Rabbit Allergy Issue

Richard Brody writes about movies for his blog on newyorker.com.  On Wednesday he wrote about a scene in the new Peter Rabbit movie.  In the scene, Peter and his friends are threatened by the heir to the garden when they find out he is allergic to blackberries.  The animated rabbits use a slingshot to shoot blackberries at the villain, landing one in his mouth, causing an allergic reaction.  The Asthma and Allergy Foundation criticized the film and it’s makers.  Brody, who happens to have a child with allergies, wrote, “I wish I’d seen the movie before the controversy broke out, because I’d be curious to see whether I would have reacted strongly to the scene without having been alerted to it beforehand.”  [1 picture, 1 quotation, 1 link, 122 words]