Let me start off saying that I fully support parents who regulate which movies their children watch. I think it is fully valid and that not all movies are for kids. Some kids get scared easily and don't understand what is really happening. I can see why a parent wouldn't let their young kid watch Lord of the Rings because of violence, the Usual Suspects because of language, or Brokeback Mountain because of substance abuse. It is up to the parents to decide what they know their kids can handle.
That being said I think there are a lot of people out there with rules that I just don't understand. Now I cannot vouch for the validity of all of these rules, some of them I have only heard about from tertiary, or worse, sources.
I grew up on Disney movies. I watched so many Disney cartoon movies in my youth that I beat an entire family (6 on 1) in Disney Scene It?. The Lion King is actually the only movie I have ever watched, rewound, and then watched again right after. So I was shocked to learn as a youngster that one of my friends was not allowed to watch that movie because of violence. In case you are as confused about this as I was, this apparently was referring to the scene at the end where two lions paw at each other in slow motion.
While on my mission I served with a missionary who was not allowed to watch most movies that I could see nothing wrong with. He couldn't see the Little Mermaid because she is immodest. He was not allowed to see Snow White because one lady lived with seven men. He was not allowed to see Dumbo because the title of the movies sounded derogatory. These are just the ones that I can remember, but we spent a good 15 minutes of one district meeting asking him if he had seen different movies, he had not seen at least 85% of them for one reason or another. I just don't get it.
Don't think that I fully support Disney either because I don't. As far as I'm concerned they really only have one great thing going for them, and that's Pixar. I guess I'm just trying to understand, so if you feel this same way about any of these movies, please explain why so that I can comprehend. These all seem strange to me but none of them really bothered me until I heard about this one.
I was talking to someone at work about old childhood cartoons, and I brought up DuckTales. The co-worker gets all wide-eyed and incredulous looking and says, "You would not believe! My cousins were not allowed to watch DuckTales because, now get this, ducks don't have tails, they're just feathers."
If you are a parent and don't let your kids watch some things because of content or how that content will be interpreted by a three-year-old, I stand by you. I may not understand your reasoning, but I get that. But if you have some phonetic misunderstanding inside your own head that keeps your children from enjoying the finer things in life, please call child services today.
3 comments:
I laughed accidentally spitting on my computer when I read "... because of substance abuse."
Wait, so is it wrong that I let my kids watch Brokeback Mountain. I mean I really thought it was a great example of brotherly love.
I'm with you on this one Damon. I, personally, was inspired by Ariel's story. So what if she dressed like a whore? Hello! She's a mermaid! It's almost like Disney's version of My Fair Lady or Pretty Woman: immodest rebel girl meets great guy and he dresses her up in the nice clothes of the day and teaches her to be civilized.
And the moral is so inspiring: if you meet up with an evil octopus lady, don't give her your voice for a pair of legs.
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agreed. the finer things in life should be enjoyed by all. inclusive of ducktales, brokeback mountain and the fox and the hound. (ka-ka-kaBAM! elimination. lack of education.)
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