Well, I was very uneasy when Gregg Araki dwelt (and to me, one might accuse him of 'lingering') on his homosexual child-molestation scenes and themes in MYSTERIOUS SKIN ... and now Dakota Fanning (who I think is an amazing actress) is in an upcoming movie featuring her in rape scenes (or so the headlines go) ???
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.g...889f570e?hl=en
I know child abuse is a terrible and growing reality in society ... and Art reflects reality, etc ...
I understand both the films undoubtedly depict child sexualization as a terrible, scarring crime ... (though, again, Gregg Araki films leave a creepy bad aftertaste on my psyche)
But does anyone see a trend here of the media capitalizing (dare I say "commercializing") on the tititllation of these things? Sweep weeks on tv are full of stories about internet child-predators, it's creeping into fiction ...
Yes, I hear the tone of righteous disapproval and shock ... but I still see the topic becoming more common, more titillating, more exploited and exploitational ...
The media used to be full (still is) with the titillation and sexualization of Rape (under whatever guise) ... anyone afraid the sick entertainment thrill of THAT is wearing thin ... so it's moving out to the more extreme "rush" of sexualizing KIDS?
Anyone see it as a bad and dangerous trend?
Or am I just knotted up over nothing?
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.g...889f570e?hl=en
NY DAILY NEWS/LLOYD GROVE...
Cute-as-a-button child star Dakota Fanning, who turned 12 in February,
is venturing into sexually disturbing territory in a movie being filmed
in North Carolina.
The screenplay for "Hounddog" - a dark story of abuse, violence and
Elvis Presley adulation in the rural South, written and directed by
Deborah Kampmeier - calls for Fanning's character to be raped in one
explicit scene and to appear naked or clad only in "underpants" in
several other horrifying moments ...
... "The two taboos in Hollywood are child abuse and the killing of
animals," a source close to the situation told me. "In this movie, both
things happen."
Cute-as-a-button child star Dakota Fanning, who turned 12 in February,
is venturing into sexually disturbing territory in a movie being filmed
in North Carolina.
The screenplay for "Hounddog" - a dark story of abuse, violence and
Elvis Presley adulation in the rural South, written and directed by
Deborah Kampmeier - calls for Fanning's character to be raped in one
explicit scene and to appear naked or clad only in "underpants" in
several other horrifying moments ...
... "The two taboos in Hollywood are child abuse and the killing of
animals," a source close to the situation told me. "In this movie, both
things happen."
I understand both the films undoubtedly depict child sexualization as a terrible, scarring crime ... (though, again, Gregg Araki films leave a creepy bad aftertaste on my psyche)
But does anyone see a trend here of the media capitalizing (dare I say "commercializing") on the tititllation of these things? Sweep weeks on tv are full of stories about internet child-predators, it's creeping into fiction ...
Yes, I hear the tone of righteous disapproval and shock ... but I still see the topic becoming more common, more titillating, more exploited and exploitational ...
The media used to be full (still is) with the titillation and sexualization of Rape (under whatever guise) ... anyone afraid the sick entertainment thrill of THAT is wearing thin ... so it's moving out to the more extreme "rush" of sexualizing KIDS?
Anyone see it as a bad and dangerous trend?
Or am I just knotted up over nothing?
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