Some things seem to never change

There was an interview on the BBC web site today with Tom Hooper who has just directed a new film of Les Miserables and I got to this part and thought "Oh no. We are over a decade into the 21st Century and this is still seen as shocking / remarkable territory:

A lot of people have said they cried watching that scene.

We could it put on the poster: "You will cry ugly tears".
I've seen it fell really tough people. There's an executive at Universal, and he's an ex-marine, and he was weeping when he saw the film. I love that it has that effect.

Was that your goal?Yeah, that was the intention. Make grown men cry.

Here's to the day that such sentiments would sound as absurd as "Yeah, that was the intention. Make grown women cry." It can't come too soon ...


And some men who couldn't possible be marines (ex or otherwise):

And I think it's safe to say that at this stage of the game, as a species we've inflicted enough pain, destruction and death on ourselves, other species and our home planet that any emotionally aware human would weep.