1860's.
Don't know why you would quit watching, just because it was historically accurate (with fictional characters).
Would you not watch a show about the Holocaust, or the Rwanda Massacre, or a documentary about present-day child-trafficking, simply because there are unpleasant aspects?
I think it's important to know the bad parts of history (as well as the good parts), just as it's important to know the bad parts of current events. It's how we learn to not let history repeat itself.
Sorry, 1960s was a typo. Gacckkk.
I agree, just as it’s possible to produce a violent show about the battle between good and evil that is not degrading to watch.
But there is a type of show I call “violence porn,” which is focused not on the battle but in lovingly dwelling on the pain and degradation suffered by the victims, and by their method of filming encouraging the viewer to empathize with the person inflicting that suffering. To my mind, watching such stuff is degrading and demoralizing, in the literal sense of the term. (Removing morality.)
In the case of Copper, to my mind the producers were just enjoying the 12 year old prostitution a little too much.
I don’t watch shows of these types. It is to me a matter of both taste and morality. YM May very well Vary.
I’m probably not terribly consistent in the way I implement these positions, but I do try to apply them. Not trying to impose them on others, just how I roll.