@kevcvs57 saidIt answers part of it, Kev. Good effort.
How about ‘Taxi Driver’
“ A critical and commercial success upon release and nominated for four Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Actor (for De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (for Foster), Taxi Driver won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The film generated controversy at the time of its release for its depiction of violence and casting of a ...[text shortened]... ess who played Lolita, Sue Lyon, was 14 at the time of filming.”
I hope this answers your question.
I saw Taxi Driver. Never saw this girl experiencing sex.
Have no idea about Lolita but I assume not.
@earl-of-trumps saidThe actors in cutie didn’t “experience” sex either what’s your point earl.
It answers part of it, Kev. Good effort.
I saw Taxi Driver. Never saw this girl experiencing sex.
Have no idea about Lolita but I assume not.
There were overtly sexual contact scenes in Lolita between a man in his 40s or 50s and an actual 14yr old girl and this was 58 yrs ago.
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@philokalia saidWhat you call "simulated sexual activity" looks a lot like "dancing" to me. True, the dance contest performed by the Cuties is a bit more explicit than most performed by children (for reasons central to the plot), but I've seen plenty of booty shaking and other moves that could be considered offensive by sensitive viewers in the children's dance contests I've observed. Here's one where my granddaughter's team won first prize; there's a lot of hip gyrations and other movements that if you were so inclined you could describe as ""simulated sexual activity": https://www.facebook.com/marqueyh.chandler/videos/10221396296487944
Yes, your analysis is correct about this being central to the plot. In fact, I have now learned more about the plot having read it -- initially, I did not know that it was for a competition in which they felt pressure to outperform a group of older girls. I had thought it existed purely in the overarching theme of a girl falling into the trap of imitating older, sexualized ...[text shortened]... ted violence, and thus has an inherent harm when we are communicating simulated sexuality of minors.
Does "stimulated Violence" really cause "no harm"? Not according to researchers:
"A 2002 report by the US Secret Service and the US Department of Education, which examined 37 incidents of targeted school shootings and school attacks from 1974 to 2000 in this country, found that “over half of the attackers demonstrated some interest in violence through movies, video games, books, and other media.”2
In a 2009 Policy Statement on Media Violence, the American Academy of Pediatrics said, “Extensive research evidence indicates that media violence can contribute to aggressive behavior, desensitization to violence, nightmares, and fear of being harmed.”3
This year, the Media Violence Commission of the International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA) in its report on media violence said, “Over the past 50 years, a large number of studies conducted around the world have shown that watching violent television, watching violent films, or playing violent video games increases the likelihood for aggressive behavior.”4
According to the commission, more than 15 meta-analyses have been published examining the links between media violence and aggression. Anderson and colleagues,5 for instance, published a comprehensive meta-analysis of violent video game effects and concluded that the “evidence strongly suggests that exposure to violent video games is a causal risk factor for increased aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, and aggressive affect and for decreased empathy and prosocial behavior.”
In a Psychiatric Times interview, psychologist Craig Anderson, PhD, Director of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University, said the evidence for the media violence–aggression link is very strong from every major type of study design: randomized experiments, cross-sectional correlation studies, and longitudinal studies."
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/violence-media-what-effects-behavior
@mott-the-hoople saidNo minors were "used sexually" in the film.
of course you are...do you think people cant read your postings defending this film?
@earl-of-trumps saidThe movie isn't "erotic art". It is best described as a coming of age film of a young girl immersed in a variety of cultures and sub-cultures and making difficult, often wrong choices, as human beings tend to do.
Let's see what I can do to better shed some light on my PoV here...
Some countries banned Nabokov's novel, Lolita. This is understandable.
But let us keep in mind, Lolita is a novel, not reality. There are no real players here.
Now, if you made a PLAY called Lolita, that actually had a young teen play
out a sexual relationship ON STAGE every day, this w ...[text shortened]... t live with it, I fear that for you, it is the erotic young ones that have interested you all along.
Having 19 year olds play those roles wouldn't have made the movie a "documentary", it would have made it a "parody".
@mott-the-hoople saidShouldn’t be difficult to show it then unless your lying
of course you are...do you think people cant read your postings defending this film?
@mott-the-hoople saidPointing out the hypocrisy of those attacking this film whilst ignoring the sexualisation of children by corporate advertisers and the organisers of under age ‘beauty pageants’ isn’t the same as defending this film.
of course you are...do you think people cant read your postings defending this film?
@mott-the-hoople said
“ why do you advocate for minors to be used sexually?”
But your job is to cite posts where I’ve advocated for the sexual use of minors”
Oh yeah is this another case of Qanon freakery rearing it’s head 😂 you just know them Qanon guys are gonna be kiddy fiddlers, you just know it.
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@kevcvs57 saidIf that really is the case, Kev, then the girl's parents and the director of the movie,
The actors in cutie didn’t “experience” sex either what’s your point earl.
There were overtly sexual contact scenes in Lolita between a man in his 40s or 50s and an actual 14yr old girl and this was 58 yrs ago.
and the male actor should all be up on charges of child endangerment, and likely more.
That just is UNACCEPTABLE.
@kevcvs57 saidDon't prejudge me, Kev.
Pointing out the hypocrisy of those attacking this film whilst ignoring the sexualisation of children by corporate advertisers and the organisers of under age ‘beauty pageants’ isn’t the same as defending this film.
@mott-the-hoople said
“ why do you advocate for minors to be used sexually?”
But your job is to cite posts where I’ve advocated for the sexual use of minors” ...[text shortened]... earing it’s head 😂 you just know them Qanon guys are gonna be kiddy fiddlers, you just know it.
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Two wrongs never makes it right.
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@no1marauder saiddefine “coming of age” please.
The movie isn't "erotic art". It is best described as a coming of age film of a young girl immersed in a variety of cultures and sub-cultures and making difficult, often wrong choices, as human beings tend to do.
Having 19 year olds play those roles wouldn't have made the movie a "documentary", it would have made it a "parody".
In a previous post you said “no children were used sexually”. Just wondering if “coming of age “ refers to sex.
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@mott-the-hoople saidNo, it doesn't.
define “coming of age” please.
In a previous post you said “no children were used sexually”. Just wondering if “coming of age “ refers to sex.
"a coming-of-age story is a genre of literature, film, and video that focuses on the growth of a protagonist from youth to adulthood."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming-of-age_story
A well known example using kids about the same age as the ones in Cuties would be Stephen King's Stand by Me. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092005/
My Girl would be another. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102492/