TV Controversy: GoT take it too far this time

22 May 2015 - 02:07 By © Alice Vincent and Rebecca Hawkes, The Daily Telegraph

As fans of Game of Thrones know, weddings are far from happy occasions in George RR Martin's Westeros. Death and betrayal have loomed over every one we've seen so far, from the mass murder of the Stark clan in season three's Red Wedding, to the poisoning of newly crowned King Joffrey at the Purple Wedding in season four.But while Throneshas always pushed boundaries when it comes to nudity, violence and gore, the wedding night of Sansa Stark and Ramsay Bolton left many viewers asking if the creators had taken things too far in Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.Sansa has had an unfortunate history of being betrothed to hideous young suitors and now she is raped by her new husband, who makes his tortured liege, her childhood friend Theon Greyjoy, watch.Twitter, which has long documented the shock and awe of Game of Thrones viewers, took a dark turn when audiences reacted not only to the brutality of the scene, but to the fact that the TV portrayal differs from the books.Until now Sansa has been with Littlefinger, learning, observing and changing from being a victim into someone more sophisticated. Now she is subjected to indignity and violence.But producer Bryan Cogman denied that Sansa's development had been pushed back several years, saying she was ''a hardened woman making a choice and she sees this as the way to get back her homeland".The 19-year-old Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa, caused controversy by saying ''When I read that scene, I kinda loved it. It was all so messed up.''When I got the scripts, it was bit like, dude, I felt so bad for her. But I also felt excited because it was so sick, and being reunited with Theon too, and seeing how their relationship plays out." ..

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