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Lawsuit over Brokeback Mountain in class
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on May 16, 2007, 06:46:22 pm ---I agree with you, Natali. And again, I think that the fact that no one has gone out of their way to say that her trauma *wasn't* caused by the gay content speaks volumes.
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I think they're trying to imply that without actually saying it. Otherwise, why would a movie about cheating spouses and violence 'traumatize' a 12 year old when she can see that daily on daytime and prime-time TV soap operas?
moremojo:
I just to got to thinking, that the eviscerated sheep could be quite upsetting to a child. Surely not enough to constitute litigation-worthy trauma, but it could definitely haunt a young person for a while after having seen it.
serious crayons:
I agree, there are some things in the movie that are potentially disturbing. But -- while emphasizing that I think the teacher was wrong and I am not advocating BBM as appropriate fare for a classroom of 12-year-olds -- there are worse things in the world than being disturbed by a work of art.
Heck, there are worse things in the world that 12-year-olds and everybody else should find disturbing! For example, I rented "Hotel Rwanda" to watch with my kids. The movie has no sex or nudity, and isn't even particularly graphically violent. But it is, and should be, disturbing.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: moremojo on May 17, 2007, 09:53:01 am ---I just to got to thinking, that the eviscerated sheep could be quite upsetting to a child. Surely not enough to constitute litigation-worthy trauma, but it could definitely haunt a young person for a while after having seen it.
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When my little niece is watching nature programs, and she is about to watch a wolf or fox or something run down a rabbit or deer, I pretty much just hold her, tell her how sad it is for the rabbit/bird/deer, but everybody has to eat. Maybe the wolf/fox had babies to feed. She accepts this now as a sad part of life, but a part of life nonetheless. A dog getting hit by a car is more disturbing IMO. There's no reason nor anything natural about that but yet that, too, happens every day where children can see it.
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