I happened to stumble upon this movie late at night, airing on TMC. I started watching, thinking it would be an entertaining, old movie that would be amusing if not a little silly. What I found was greatly offensive material that promotes violence towards dogs and women. Sure, this may be an old movie with dated opinions of the treatment (or more accurately, mistreatment) of animals and women. However, movies like this should not be shown on basic cable, guised under the title of "entertainment". Not only does it show dogfighting in a glamorous light, it shows extreme violence against women, in a "comedic" setting. This movie perpetuates the stereotypes of pit bull terriers as being violent, nasty animals that should be discriminated against, banned for ownership, or put to death. Animal abuse is not funny, nor should it be the basis for a comedy movie.
Review of It's a Dog's Life
