The Disney statement, in particular, feels like a cop-out.

Which was also a nice cop-out for me because I was new to screenwriting, so I didn’t know all the technical terms.

And I was like, ‘Well, that’s kind of a cop-out to just end on that, you know, it’s not that interesting. It’s not that profound.’

"I know from a psychological standpoint if you’re abused as a kid, the tendency is for you to abuse," he says, before adding: "That's just a cop-out."

Jackson accosts Alberta about her past alcoholism, has distressing sex abuse flashbacks and refuses to allow crosses in her house–seeing it as Alberta’s cop-out until faith saves the family.