Who said anything about abolishing any movies with rape or child murder in it? Macbeth? what is he babbling about.
I know most here probably hated it, but I liked Streetcar Named Desire a lot. How does that equal approving of rape?
Britain is much more of a nanny state than we are (at least so far). Freedom of Speech as we understand it really doesn’t exist in the UK.
I think he’s talking about instances where students, who were victims of abuse, have asked to have certain literary works, which contained references to rape, banned from the classroom because it would traumatize them.
Universities are finding it difficult to teach literature because so many students claim they have been so traumatized by experiences of rape, abuse, sexism, racism, homophobia, etc., that the very mention of these things makes it impossible for them to function.
I believe there is more social justice / political correctness-based censorship in the UK universities than there is even over here. He seems to be criticizing the censorship, so you would be agreeing with him.
As far as “Macbeth” is concerned, I think he confused it with “Richard III,” where Richard has the two sons of his brother, Edward IV, murdered while in Richard’s custody.